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T1 The online sale of antibiotics for veterinary use
A1 García Sierra, Juan Felipe
A1 Diez Liébana, María José
A1 Sahagún Prieto, Ana María
A1 Díez Láiz, Raquel
A1 Sierra Vega, Matilde
A1 García Viéitez, Juan José
A1 Fernández Martínez, María Nélida
A2 Farmacologia
K1 Farmacología
K1 Informática
K1 Veterinaria
K1 Antimicrobials
K1 Antibiotics
K1 Online sale
K1 Prescription
K1 Livestock
K1 Pets
K1 Veterinary
K1 3109 Ciencias Veterinarias
K1 3109.08 Farmacología
AB [EN] Antibiotics are essential medicines against infectious diseases in both humans and animals. An inappropriate use of antibiotics can impair animal health and enhance the risk of bacterial resistance, as well as its transfer from animals to humans. The objective of this study was to assess the possibility of purchasing antibiotics for veterinary use on the internet, to evaluate if a prescription is required, and to determine the availability of drugs classified as the highest priority critically important antimicrobials (HP-CIA). The Google and Bing search engines and both simple and complex search strings in Spanish and in English were used. The simple search string was “buy veterinary antibiotics”. Complex searches used wildcards and specific syntax. The searches carried out in Spanish revealed that 50% of websites operated in South America, and 65% of websites did not require a valid prescription. Fluoroquinolones were offered in 84% of these websites (45% without prescription), macrolides were offered in 63% of these websites (43% without prescription), and 3rd– and 4th–generation cephalosporins in 54% of these websites (38% without prescription). For the searches in English, 57% of these websites operated in the United States of America (USA), and 55% of them did not require a prescription. Fluoroquinolones were offered in 79% of these websites (49% without prescription), macrolides were offered in 72% of these websites (45% without prescription), and 3rd– and 4th–generation cephalosporins were offered in 49% of these websites (27% without prescription). Therefore, it is easy to illegally access antibiotics via the internet.
PB MDPI
SN 2076-2615
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/17688
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/17688
NO Garcia, J. F., Diez, M. J., Sahagun, A. M., Diez, R., Sierra, M., Garcia, J. J., & Fernandez, M. N. (2020). The online sale of antibiotics for veterinary use. Animals, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/ANI10030503
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 30-may-2024