Table 5.
Number of websites where the families of antibiotics can be purchased, classified following the OIE list of antimicrobial agents of veterinary importance (22), in the searches in English and in Spanish.
| Search in English (n = 129) | Search in Spanish (n = 78) | Total (n = 207) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critically important | |||
| Aminoglycosides | 37 | 45 | 82 |
| Amphenicols | 5 | 16 | 21 |
| Cephalosporins | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| Macrolides | 57 | 40 | 97 |
| Penicillins | 72 | 51 | 123 |
| Fluoroquinolones | 68 | 53 | 121 |
| Sulfonamides | 35 | 41 | 76 |
| Diaminopyrimidines | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| Sulfonamides + diaminopyrimidines | 50 | 26 | 76 |
| Tetracyclines | 71 | 53 | 124 |
| Highly important | |||
| Ansamycin–rifamycins | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| Cephalosporins | 56 | 36 | 92 |
| Ionophores | 1 | 1 | |
| Lincosamides | 29 | 19 | 48 |
| Phosphonic acid | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Pleuromutilins | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Polypeptides | 23 | 19 | 42 |
| Quinolones | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Important | |||
| Aminocoumarin | |||
| Arsenical | |||
| Bicyclomycin | |||
| Fusidic acid | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Orthosomycins | |||
| Quinoxalines | |||
| Streptogramins | |||
| Thiostrepton | 2 | 2 | 4 |
The names of the individual compounds included in each family are detailed in Table 1. The number of websites where each individual antibiotic can be purchased are included in Supplementary Table S1.
Cells shaded in gray indicate zero offers.