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VETSTAT - the Danish system for surveillance of the veterinary use of drugs for production animals |
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Forfatter:
Stege, H.
Technical University of Denmark
Technical University of Denmark
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Technical University of Denmark
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Thougaard, A.
Technical University of Denmark
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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. |
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in journal: Preventive Veterinary Medicine (ISSN: 0167-5877) (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-5877(02)00233-7), vol: 57, issue: 3, pages: 105-115, 2003 |
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