Quantitative analysis of antibiotic usage in British sheep flocks

Quantitative analysis of antibiotic usage in British sheep flocks

The aim of this study was to examine the variation in antibiotic usage between 207 commercial sheep flocks using their veterinary practice prescribing records. Mean and median prescribed mass per population corrected unit (mg/PCU) was 11.38 and 5.95, respectively and closely correlated with animal d...

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Veröffentlicht in:Veterinary record 2017-11, Vol.181 (19), p.511-511
Hauptverfasser: Davies, Peers, Remnant, John G, Green, Martin J, Gascoigne, Emily, Gibbon, Nick, Hyde, Robert, Porteous, Jack R, Schubert, Kiera, Lovatt, Fiona, Corbishley, Alexander
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Sprache:eng
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Addd
Agriculture
Amr
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
antibiotic
Antibiotics
Antimicrobial agents
antimicrobials
Bias
Dermatitis
Drug resistance
Farmers
Farms
Farms - statistics & numerical data
Hogs
Licenses
Livestock
population corrected unit
Quantitative analysis
Records as Topic
Sheep
Sheep Diseases - prevention & control
United Kingdom
Veterinary Medicine
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Zusammenfassung:The aim of this study was to examine the variation in antibiotic usage between 207 commercial sheep flocks using their veterinary practice prescribing records. Mean and median prescribed mass per population corrected unit (mg/PCU) was 11.38 and 5.95, respectively and closely correlated with animal defined daily dose (ADDD) 1.47 (mean), 0.74 (median) (R2=0.84, P
ISSN:0042-4900
2042-7670
DOI:10.1136/vr.104501