Table 9 Used and recommended dosages per antimicrobial and administration route in pigs in a feasibility study of antibiotic use in Germany including 19 veterinary practices and 26 farms
Used dosage | Recommended dosage | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Records | 25%-Quartile | Median | 75%-Quartile | ||||
Macrolides | Acetylisovaleryltylosin | Oral | 2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.0 |
Erythromycin | Parenteral | 17 | 11.1 | 13.3 | 16.7 | 22.0 | |
Tilmicosin | Oral | 110 | 7.1 | 12.3 | 19.0 | 20.0 | |
Tulathromycin | Parenteral | 547 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 2.5 | |
Tylosin | Parenteral | 749 | 12.5 | 17.5 | 24.0 | 15.0 | |
Oral | 1169 | 8.5 | 12.1 | 19.2 | 17.0 | ||
Beta-Lactames | Amoxicillin | Parenteral | 2249 | 13.9 | 18.5 | 30.0 | 10.0 |
Oral | 2792 | 20.0 | 34.8 | 57.1 | 30.0 | ||
Ampicillin | Parenteral | 453 | 8.0 | 12.1 | 20.0 | 37.0 | |
Oral | 11 | 0.3 | 11.2 | 31.6 | 45.0 | ||
Benzylpenicillin-Procaine | Parenteral | 4407 | 12.0 | 22.9 | 36.0 | 20.0 | |
Benzylpenicillin-Benzathine | Parenteral | 1661 | 5.6 | 7.6 | 14.5 | 20.0 | |
Aminoglycosides | Apramycin | Oral | 103 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 16.9 | 15.0 |
Gentamicin | Parenteral | 332 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 10.2 | 6.0 | |
Kanamycin | Parenteral | 2 | 6.9 | 13.5 | 20.0 | 15.0 | |
Neomycin | Parenteral | 209 | 4.9 | 11.7 | 29.2 | 7.0 | |
Oral | 164 | 8.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 7.0 | ||
Spectinomycin | Parenteral | 900 | 9.1 | 13.0 | 19.6 | 30.0 | |
Fenicoles | Florfenicol | Parenteral | 727 | 15.0 | 20.0 | 30.0 | 15.0 |
Tetracyclines | Chlortetracycline | Oral | 1062 | 18.6 | 33.2 | 73.7 | 40.0 |
Doxycycline | Oral | 35 | 7.9 | 11.1 | 20.0 | 15.0 | |
Oxytetracycline | Parenteral | 1365 | 16.7 | 25.0 | 36.0 | 15.0 | |
Oral | 281 | 22.9 | 34.3 | 53.3 | 80.0 | ||
Tetracycline | Oral | 2529 | 38.5 | 56.6 | 77.6 | 50.0 | |
Lincosamides | Lincomycin | Parenteral | 1269 | 5.0 | 9.8 | 11.1 | 10.0 |
Oral | 485 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 12.4 | 10.0 | ||
Polypeptides | Colistin | Parenteral | 368 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
Oral | 1672 | 3.8 | 6.9 | 13.9 | 5.0 | ||
Sulfonamides | Sulfadimidine | Oral | 425 | 15.0 | 25.0 | 80.0 | 75.0 |
Sulfamethoxpyridazine | Parenteral | 5 | 57.9 | 57.9 | 57.9 | 60.0 | |
Fluoroquinolones | Danofloxacin | Parenteral | 846 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.3 |
Enrofloxacin | Parenteral | 1419 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 3.5 | |
Oral | 140 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
Marbofloxacin | Parenteral | 1022 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 2.0 | |
Cephalosporins | Cefquinome | Parenteral | 1143 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
Ceftiofur | Parenteral | 375 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 3.0 | |
Pleuromutilines | Tiamulin | Parenteral | 214 | 8.0 | 11.1 | 16.0 | 15.0 |
Oral | 477 | 6.8 | 10.1 | 13.5 | 15.0 | ||
Valnemulin | Oral | 5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 9.0 | |
Sulfonamides & trimethoprim | Sulfadiazine | Oral | 877 | 25.6 | 34.3 | 47.6 | 25.0 |
Sulfadimethoxine | Oral | 13 | 31.6 | 42.9 | 150.0 | 17.0 | |
Sulfadimidine | Parenteral | 796 | 19.2 | 30.0 | 44.4 | 75.0 | |
Oral | 5 | 5.5 | 9.6 | 32.7 | 75.0 | ||
Sulfadoxine | Parenteral | 70 | 10.0 | 17.8 | 26.7 | 16.0 | |
Oral | 3 | 9.6 | 12.1 | 50.7 | 16.0 | ||