Original Research
A survey of antimicrobial usage in animals in South Africa with specific reference to food animals
Submitted: 22 March 2012 | Published: 01 August 2012
About the author(s)
Hayley Eagar, Department of Paraclinical Sciences, University of Pretoria, South AfricaGerry Swan, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria South Africa, South Africa
Moritz van Vuuren, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria South Africa, South Africa
Abstract
Results showed that 68.5% of the antimicrobials surveyed were administered as in-feed medications. 17.5% of the total volume of antimicrobials utilised were parenteral antimicrobials, whereas antimicrobials for water medication constituted 12% of the total and ’other‘ dosage forms, for example the topical and aural dosage forms, constituted 1.5% of the total. Intramammary antimicrobials represented 0.04% of the total. The surveillance systems for veterinary antimicrobials used by other countries were scrutinised and compared. It was concluded that a combination of the surveillance systems applied by Australia and the United Kingdom is the best model (with modifications) to apply to the animal health industry in South Africa. Such a surveillance system, of the volumes of veterinary antimicrobials consumed, should ideally be implemented in conjunction with a veterinary antimicrobial resistance surveillance and monitoring programme. This will generate meaningful data that will contribute to the rational administration of antimicrobials in order to preserve the efficacy of the existing antimicrobials in South Africa.
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