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Article: Animals 'cleared' People use two-thirds of antibiotics administered in EU, new study finds.(News)
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- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- June 16, 2001
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TWO-THIRDS of the antibiotics prescribed in the European Union in 1999 were consumed by people, while only one-third was used in veterinary medicine, according to a new study by the European Federation of Animal Health (FEDESA).
The study estimates that people in the EU and Switzerland consumed 8,528 tonnes of antibiotics in 1999, or about 65 per cent of the total, while animals consumed 4,688 tonnes, or 35 per cent, of all antibiotics prescribed during the year.
Of the antibiotics that were given to animals, 3,902 tonnes (just 29 per cent of the ...