Antimicrobial use on 74 Japanese pig farms in 2019: A comparison of Japanese and European defined daily doses in the field

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 16; no. 8; p. e0255632
• Main Authors: Fujimoto, Kyoko, Kawasaki, Mai, Endo, Yuko, Yokoyama, Takashi, Yamane, Itsuro, Yamazaki, Hisanori, Kure, Katsumasa, Haga, Takeshi, Sugiura, Katsuaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 06.08.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage; Anti-infective agents; Biology and Life Sciences; Care and treatment; Complications and side effects; Drug Dosage Calculations; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Drug Utilization; Europe; Farms; Japan; Management; Medicine and Health Sciences; Patient outcomes; Penicillins - administration & dosage; People and Places; Pork industry; Swine; Swine Diseases - drug therapy; Europe; Japan

Defined daily doses (DDD) have been established in human medicine to standardize the measurement of treatment in a population. In veterinary medicine, the European Medicine Agency published defined daily dose (DDDvet) values for antimicrobial agents used in food-producing animals in 2016. National d...