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Table 4 Daily dosages (mg/kg) and dosing ratio of antimicrobial compounds for all treatments registered in the 98 chicken farms at Yaoundé, Cameroon

From: Antimicrobial usage in the chicken farming in Yaoundé, Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

ATCvet

Antibiotic

DDD

UDD

UDD/DDD

Total useda [g (%)]

QJ01CA04

Amoxicilin

9.0

10.0

1.1

11.5 (0.12)

QJ01MA02

Ciprofloxacin

11.4

50.0

4.4

25.0 (0.26)

QJ01XB01

Colistin

47.4

37.5

0.8

82.9 (0.85)

QJ01AA02

Doxycycline

20.0

38.7

1.9

478.1 (4.93)

QJ01MA90

Enrofloxacin

10.0

5.0

0.5

8.0 (0.08)

QJ01FA01

Erythromycin

5.0

6.3

1.3

13.8 (0.14)

QJ01MB07

Flumequine

20.9

31.9

1.5

358.9 (3.70)

QJ01XX93

Furaltadone

20.0

50.0

2.5

738.3 (7.61)

QJ01GB05

Neomycin

7.0

8.8

1.3

19.3 (0.20)

QJ01MA06

Norfloxacine

14.5

11.5

0.8

1170.7 (12.06)

QJ01AA06

Oxytetracycline

40.6

36.5

0.9

2007.0 (20.68)

QJ01EQ10

Sulfadiazine

6.3

21.0

3.3

3.2 (0.03)

QJ01EQ09

Sulfadimethoxine

21.3

12.5

0.6

16.3 (0.17)

QJ01EQ03

Sulfadimidin

33.0

51.0

1.5

4628.3 (47.69)

QJ01EQ17

Sulfamerazine

34.4

63.2

1.8

31.6 (0.33)

QJ01AA

Tetracycline

41.6

37.2

0.9

88.8 (0.91)

QJ01EA01

Trimethoprim

10.8

6.7

0.6

22.3 (0.23)

  1. DDD defined daily dose, UDD used daily dose
  2. aPercentage of the total amount of antimicrobials (in g) used