title: Short history of regulations and approved indications of antimicrobial drugs for food animals in the USA.
abstract: We review historical availability and regulation, and recent indications of antimicrobial drugs for food animals in the USA. We summarize the timeline of introduction of individual antimicrobial drug classes from the 1930s to present, history of regulation of antimicrobial drugs from the 1930s to present and indications of antimicrobial drugs in 1996-2014 for food animals in the USA. The history of antimicrobial drug regulation demonstrates a historical precedent for harmonized regulations of antimicrobials 'for human and other animals' in the USA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Computational Comparative Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Volkova
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Computational Comparative Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: DeMars
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004350:Drug Residues / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D007881:Legislation, Food; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents