title: VETSTAT-the Danish system for surveillance of the veterinary use of drugs for production animals.
abstract: The Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries funds a monitoring system based on drug usage information collected at the herd level: VETSTAT. VETSTAT is constructed as a relational database and data originates from three sources: pharmacies, veterinarians and feed mills. All administration of drugs for use in animal production is reported on a monthly basis. Pharmacies provided 95% of the total weight antimicrobial compounds used in Denmark in 2001. More than 80% of the antimicrobial compounds reported by pharmacies were sold on prescription to end-users (owners) and included information on animal species, age-group and diagnostic grouping; >90% of the total amount of antimicrobials sold on prescription was used for pigs. In 2001, sales of 96,500 kg of antimicrobials were reported.
authors.affiliation: EpiConsult ApS, B&A, 14 Hørkaer, DK-2730, Herlev, Denmark. hs@lvk.dk
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stege
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bager
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thougaard
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D003718:Denmark; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D007886:Legislation, Veterinary; D010594:Pharmacies; D018634:Veterinarians; D019155:Veterinary Drugs / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D019155:Veterinary Drugs