Antimicrobial Administration Practices in Hospitalized Periparturient Goats: A Multicenter Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding antimicrobial use practices in goats is essential to ensuring appropriate antimicrobial stewardship.

Objective

To describe antimicrobial prescriptions in periparturient does admitted to veterinary teaching hospitals and to determine if any factors were associated with the administration of antimicrobials in general or ceftiofur in particular.

Animals

One hundred ninety-eight periparturient does presented to nine university veterinary hospitals from October 2021 to June 2022.

Methods

A multicenter cross-sectional study in a prospective design. Data were collected from questionnaire completed by admitting clinician.

Results

Out of 198 periparturient does included in the study, 153 (77%) received antimicrobials during hospitalizatio

SUBMITTER: Luethy D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11836665 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature