Table 7.

Structure of an on-farm paper-based register (with respect to each treatment), and information selected for antimicrobial consumption analysis.

Data Field	Explanation	Selected
Type of treatment register	Unified register (drugs stocks plus treatments records) or treatment register	✓
Veterinarian ID	Refers to the veterinarian who is responsible of prescription
Farm ID	Identifies each individual farm	✓
Farm production type	e.g., dairy, beef	✓
Animal species	Cattle
Loading/unloading date	(only if stocks are allowed)
Medicine packages loaded/unloaded	(only if stocks are allowed)
Prescription date
Commercial name of the drug		✓
Medication lot number
Reason of treatment	e.g., pneumonia, mastitis	✓
Dosage	e.g., 6 mL on 3–4 consecutive days
Treatment start date		✓
Treatment end date
Medication amount	e.g., 20, 1, 4, etc.	✓
Medication unit	e.g., mL, litre, g, tube, pessary, etc.	✓
Medication residual amount
No. of treated animals		✓
Treated animal/s ID/s	e.g., ear tag number, box number, identification code, etc.
Animal/s sex
Animal/s age category	e.g., calf, heifer, bullock, etc.
Length of treatment	In days
Statutory withdrawal period (milk/meat)	In days