Table 1.
The distribution of acceptable daily intake (ADIs) (μg/kg bw per day) for different classes of veterinary pharmacologically active substances
| Parameter | Acceptable daily intakes (ADI) (μg/kg bw per day) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group IIa | Group IIIb | ||||||||
| Nervous system | Reproductive system | Corticoids/glucocorticoids | Group II combined | Anti‐infective | Anti‐inflammatory | Antiparasitic | ‘Other’ | Group III combined | |
| n | 7 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 54 | 12 | 58 | 29 | 153 |
| Min | 0.0042 | 0.010 | 0.015 | 0.0042 | 0.40 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.22 |
| P25 | 0.04 | 0.073 | 0.015 | 0.04 | 3.5 | 1.25 | 3.0 | 10 | 3.75 |
| P50 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.16 | 7.1 | 7.15 | 8.5 | 30 | 10 |
| P75 | 0.55 | 0.57 | 0.16 | 0.30 | 23.1 | 10 | 19 | 100 | 30 |
| Max | 2.00 | 1.2 | 0.20 | 2.00 | 115 | 500 | 420 | 1,650 | 1,650 |
bw: body weight; max: maximum; min: minimum; n: number; P: percentile of ADIs expressed as μg/kg bw per day.
a
Group II: substances acting on the nervous system, the reproductive system and corticoids/glucocorticoids as set in Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010.
b
Group III: anti‐infective, anti‐inflammatory, antiparasitic substances as set in Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 and ‘Other’ pharmacologically active substances.