Quantitative analysis of antibiotic usage in British sheep flocks

Davies, Peers; Remnant, John G.; Green, Martin J.; Gascoigne, Emily; Gibbon, Nick; Hyde, Robert; Porteous, Jack R.; Schubert, Kiera; Lovatt, Fiona; Corbishley, Alexander

Abstract

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

Citation

Davies, P., Remnant, J. G., Green, M. J., Gascoigne, E., Gibbon, N., Hyde, R., …Corbishley, A. (in press). Quantitative analysis of antibiotic usage in British sheep flocks. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104501

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 1, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Oct 19, 2017
• Deposit Date: Oct 30, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 30, 2017
• Journal: Veterinary Record
• Print ISSN: 0042-4900
• Electronic ISSN: 2042-7670
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104501
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/888539
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104501
• Additional Information: © British Veterinary Association (unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017