Dataset

Antibiotic use in livestock in Europe per kilogram of meat

owid.antibiotic-use-in-livestock-in-europe
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Milligrams of active ingredient of antimicrobials sold per 1000 tonnes of food-producing animals, including horses.

Cite as: European Medicines Agency (2023) – processed by Our World in Data. “Milligrams of active ingredient of antimicrobials sold per population correction unit of food-producing animals” [dataset]. European Medicines Agency, “European database of sales of veterinary microbial agents (ESVAC) – population corrected units” [original data].

Publisher
Our World in Data
Tier
Official
Covers
2010–2022
Places
Countries, regions and groups of the world
Updated
annual
Last modified
2024-10-25
Units
mg/PCU
License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Method
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/antibiotic-use-in-livestock-in-europe

Columns

NameTypeDescription
entitytextcountry, region or group
codetextISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions
yearinteger
mg_per_pcunumberMilligrams of active ingredient of antimicrobials sold per population correction unit of food-producing animals (mg/PCU)

Dimensions

NameValues
entity
year

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