Availability of Antibiotics for Veterinary Use on the Internet: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: The misuse or overuse of antibiotics can favor the emergence of antimicrobial resistance, with a direct impact on human and animal health as well as on ecosystems. In this work, we have analyzed the web pages in which antibiotics for veterinary use can be purchased online. By using a specifically developed software, we carried out a detailed search to know if each individual antibiotic and the families included in the OIE list of antimicrobial agents of veterinary importance (in English and in Spanish) were sold, reviewing the offers according to the administration route and the species for which the antibiotics were intended. The greatest offer of antibiotics was for those compounds considered critically important by OIE. In the search in English, penicillins were available on 55.8% of th

SUBMITTER: Garcia JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8873107 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature