Research Article
Antimicrobial Usage by Small-Scale Commercial Poultry Farmers in Mid-Western District of Masindi Uganda: Patterns, Public Health Implications, and Antimicrobial Resistance of E. coli
Table 3
AMEG categories of veterinary antibiotics used in poultry production in Masindi district.
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EMA/AMEG classifies antibiotics used in animals into four categories A, avoid; B, restrict; C, caution; D, prudence. Category C (caution) is antibiotics for which alternatives in human medicine generally exist in the EU, but only a few alternatives are available in certain veterinary indications. These antibiotics should only be used when there are no antimicrobial substances in category D that would be clinically effective. Category D (prudence) includes antibiotics that are used for first line treatment with prudence and only when medically needed. |