Antimicrobial use in man and animals – are we poles apart?

For the first time in the UK, we have been able to compare the usage of antimicrobials in humans and in animals. For most of the major antimicrobial families we are poles apart. For the first time in the UK, we have been able to compare the usage of antimicrobials in humans and in animals following the release of a cross-government department report ‘Overview of antimicrobial usage and bacterial resistance in selected human and animal pathogens in the UK: 2004’. This is impo