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According to the data published by the Ministry of Health of Germany (BVL), between 2011 and 2015, the use of antibiotics in animal production dropped by more than half, going from 1,706 tonnes in 2011 to 837 tonnes in 2015. Regarding 2015, the total amount of antibiotics with respect to 2014 fell by 401 tonnes (32%). Nevertheless, an increase was seen in some kinds of drugs, including fluoroquinolones and 3rd generation cephalosporins, specially important for human medicine.
Regarding the 2015 data, penicillins, with around 303 tonnes, and tetracyclines, with some 221 tonnes were the most used antibiotics, followed by polypeptides (colistin), with 82 tonnes; sulphonamides (73 tonnes) and macrolides (53 tonnes). With regard to the antibiotics considered as having special importance for human therapy, substantialy higher amounts were commercialised in comparison with the previous year (some 14.9 tonnes of fluoroquinolones and 4.5 tonnes of 3rd and 4th generation cephalosporins). Fluoroquinolones stand out, their use having increased with respect to 2011, with a growth by 82%.
Wednesday, 3 August 2016/ BVL/ Germany.
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