| Antibacterial prescribing patterns in small animal veterinary practice identified via SAVSNET: the small animal veterinary surveillance network. | |
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PMID: 21911433 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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In this study, data from veterinary clinical records were collected via the small animal veterinary surveillance network (SAVSNET). Over a three-month period, data were obtained from 22,859 consultations at 16 small animal practices in England and Wales: 69 per cent from dogs, 24 per cent from cats, 3 per cent from rabbits and 4 per cent from miscellaneous species. The proportion of consults where prescribing of antibacterials was identified was 35.1 per cent for dogs, 48.5 per cent for cats and 36.6 per cent for rabbits. Within this population, 76 per cent of antibacterials prescribed were β-lactams, including the most common group of clavulanic acid-potentiated amoxicillin making up 36 per cent of the antibacterials prescribed. Other classes included lincosamides (9 per cent), fluoroquinolones and quinolones (6 per cent) and nitroimidazoles (4 per cent). Vancomycin and teicoplanin (glycopeptide class), and imipenem and meropenem (β-lactam class) prescribing was not identified. Prescribing behaviour varied between practices. For dogs and cats, the proportion of consults associated with the prescription of antibacterials ranged from 0.26 to 0.55 and 0.41 to 0.73, respectively. |
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Authors:
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A D Radford; P J Noble; K P Coyne; R M Gaskell; P H Jones; J G E Bryan; C Setzkorn; Á Tierney; S Dawson |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2011-09-12 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Veterinary record Volume: 169 ISSN: 2042-7670 ISO Abbreviation: Vet. Rec. Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-09-19 Completed Date: 2011-11-23 Revised Date: 2012-05-10 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0031164 Medline TA: Vet Rec Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 310 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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University of Liverpool, Institute of Infection and Global Health and School of Veterinary Science, Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston, South Wirral, CH64 7TE, UK. alanrad@liv.ac.uk |
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Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use* Cat Diseases / drug therapy Cats Dog Diseases / drug therapy Dogs Drug Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data, veterinary* Drug Utilization / statistics & numerical data* England Humans Physician's Practice Patterns / statistics & numerical data* Rabbits Veterinary Medicine / statistics & numerical data* Wales |
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0/Anti-Bacterial Agents |
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