Journal article
VETSTAT - the Danish system for surveillance of the veterinary use of drugs for production animals
Administration and Service, Division of Poultry, Fish and Fur Animals, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark1
Division of Poultry, Fish and Fur Animals, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark2
National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark3
Section for Veterinary Epidemiology and public sector consultancy, Division of Veterinary Diagnostics and Research, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark4
Division of Veterinary Diagnostics and Research, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark5
The Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries funds a monitoring system based on drug usage information collected at the herd level: VETSTAT. VETSTAT is constructed as a relational database and data originates from three sources: pharmacies, veterinarians and feed mills. All administration of drugs for use in animal production is reported on a monthly basis.
Pharmacies provided 95% of the total weight antimicrobial compounds used in Denmark in 2001. More than 80% of the antimicrobial compounds reported by pharmacies were sold on prescription to end-users (owners) and included information on animal species, age-group and diagnostic grouping; >90% of the total amount of antimicrobials sold on prescription was used for pigs.
In 2001, sales of 96,500 kg of antimicrobials were reported.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2003 |
| Pages: | 105-115 |
| ISSN: | 18731716 and 01675877 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0167-5877(02)00233-7 |
| ORCIDs: | Bager, Flemming |
