TABLE 3:

Overview of antibiotics cited most commonly as being prescribed for use in cattle, pigs and horses per country

Number of valid species-indication-antibiotic combinations	Total all countries (%)			Belgium (%)			France (%)			Germany (%)			Spain (%)			Sweden (%)			UK (%)
Critically Important Antibiotic Classes	Cattle	Pigs	Horses	Cattle	Pigs	Horses	Cattle	Pigs	Horses	Cattle	Pigs	Horses	Cattle	Pigs	Horses	Cattle	Pigs	Horses	Cattle	Pigs	Horses
3rd and 4th generation cephalosporins	10	2	9	19	3	15	9	0	9	23	4	9	11	0	14	0	–	0	6	–	11
Macrolides	9	10	1	9	9	3	10	13	1	5	9	1	10	13	2	0	–	1	13	–	1
(Fluoro)Quinolones	7	8	3	11	5	5	6	4	4	14	12	4	13	7	2	0	–	1	1	–	4
Other Antibiotic Classes																				–
1st and 2nd generation cephalosporins	6	0	0	3	0	0	7	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	0	12	–	0
Aminoglycosides	9	3	19	8	9	13	12	7	20	7	3	26	8	8	27	6	–	15	14	–	18
Lincosamides	1	2	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	3	0	0	–	0	0	–	0
Penicillins	34	33	37	28	23	32	25	28	42	31	23	45	29	31	32	84	–	61	32	–	24
Phenicol	5	2	0	5	3	0	4	2	0	5	1	0	8	2	0	0	–	0	10	–	0
Pleuromutilin	0	4	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	0	0	–	0	0	–	0
Polymyxin	8	10	0	7	14	1	12	16	0	1	10	0	2	10	0	0	–	0	0	–	0
Potentiated sulphonamide	2	9	20	2	6	25	3	11	16	3	6	12	3	0	15	2	–	15	2	–	27
Tetracyclines	8	17	6	5	20	4	10	17	6	4	27	1	12	15	5	7	–	2	10	–	11
Other	1	<1	5	<1	0	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	0	1	3	1	–	5	0	–	4

(–): Insufficient responses (<50) from the relevant country and hence the data are not given