title: Antimicrobial drug use in dogs prior to admission to a veterinary teaching hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine frequency of antimicrobial drug (AMD) use in dogs within 12 months prior to admission to a veterinary teaching hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Owner survey and medical records review.
  
  
  METHODS
  435 dogs admitted to a veterinary teaching hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Demographic characteristics and information regarding AMD use in dogs were obtained from medical records and results of surveys completed by owners of dogs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  242 (55.6%) dogs received at least 1 AMD within 12 months prior to hospital admission; 125 (51.7%) of these dogs had a disease of the integument at the time of admission. β-Lactam AMDs were used more frequently than AMDs of any other class (176/242 [72.7%] dogs). Three hundred sixty-eight dogs had a medical problem at the time of hospital admission; 225 (61.1%) of these dogs had received at least 1 AMD within 12 months prior to hospital admission. Dogs referred by a veterinarian to the hospital were 2.39 times as likely to have received at least 1 AMD within 30 days prior to hospital admission as were dogs admitted without a referral.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results indicated AMDs were frequently administered to dogs prior to admission to the teaching hospital. Use of AMDs in animals could be a risk factor for coselection and spread of multidrug-resistant pathogens, and colonization or infection of dogs with such pathogens could have a negative impact on the health of other animals and humans.
authors: College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
authors: Sarah A
authors: SA
authors: Baker
authors: Joany
authors: J
authors: Van-Balen
authors: Bo
authors: B
authors: Lu
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Hillier
authors: Armando E
authors: AE
authors: Hoet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000145:classification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004285:Dogs; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011159:Population Surveillance; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents