Veterinary consumption of highest priority critically important antimicrobials and various growth promoters based on import data in Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public health emergency driven by the indiscriminate use of antimicrobial agents in humans and animals. Antimicrobial consumption surveillance guides its containment efforts. In this study, we estimated, for the first time, veterinary consumption of Critically Important Antimicrobials with Highest Priority (CIA-HtP) for Pakistan.

Methods

The study used an export/import database which provided imports data collected from the Pakistan Customs Authority. We investigated imports of 7 CIA-HtP and various poultry feed additives/growth promoters (FAs/GPs) identified from a survey of 10 poultry and dairy farms in Punjab province in Pakistan and a previously published study, over a three-year period of 2017-2019. Antimicrobial con

SUBMITTER: Umair M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9473402 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature