Overview of antibiotics cited most commonly as being prescribed in cats and dogs
| Number of valid species-indication-antibiotic combinations | Total all countries (%) | Belgium (%) | France (%) | Germany (%) | Spain (%) | Sweden (%) | UK (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critically important antibiotic classes | Cats | Dogs | Cats | Dogs | Cats | Dogs | Cats | Dogs | Cats | Dogs | Cats | Dogs | Cats | Dogs |
| 3rd and 4th generation cephalosporins | 14 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | <1 |
| Macrolides | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| (Fluoro)quinolones | 13 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 16 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Other antibiotic classes | ||||||||||||||
| 1st and 2nd generation cephalosporins | 7 | 21 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 19 |
| Aminoglycosides | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Fusidic acid | 3 | 0 | <1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | |||||||
| Lincosamides | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 9 |
| Nitroimidazole (metronidazole) | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | <1 | 10 |
| Penicillins | 37 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 30 | 45 | 45 | 31 | 31 | 84 | 34 | 48 | 36 |
| Polymyxin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| Potentiated sulphonamide | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Tetracyclines | 14 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Other | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | <1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 |
Empty cell=antibiotic not cited for that species/country