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. 2020 Mar 17;10(3):503. doi: 10.3390/ani10030503

Table 2.

Characteristics of the website pages reviewed after Spanish (n = 101) and English (n = 160) searches regarding the need for a prescription to buy antibiotics, whether the quantities sold were limited, who could buy drugs, and the number of different compounds sold.

Charac-Teristics Percentage of Websites p-Value 1
Spanish Search English Search
Prescription required Yes No N.A. Yes No N.A.
18 65 17 36 55 9 0.003
Sold drug quantities limited Yes No N.A. Yes No N.A.
10 61 29 26 61 13 <0.0001
Who could purchase antibiotics Only veterinary professionals Particular customers N.A. Only veterinary professionals Particular customers N.A.
11 74 15 3 87 10 0.013
No. of antibiotics sold <3 3–10 >10 N.A. <3 3–10 >10 N.A.
7 24 66 3 6 15 70 9 0.111

N.A.: information not available; 1 chi-squared test.