Figure 4.
Total sales of veterinary antimicrobials in 2018 by animal species. (a) Unadjusted sales reported by the FDA and biomass-adjusted sales estimated by the FDA’s biomass adjustment methodology. The unit of TAB is kg. (b) Percent of unadjusted sales and biomass-adjusted sales by species. Data on unadjusted sales are from the FDA’s ‘2018 Summary Report on Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed for Use in Food-Producing Animals’.46