American Association of Feline Practitioners basic guidelines of judicious therapeutic use of antimicrobials in cats (approved by the AVMA executive board, June 2001)

Condition-based use of antimicrobials in cats in Finland: Results from two surveys

“…When opting for antimicrobial therapy, veterinarians should strive to optimise therapeutic efficacy, minimise resistance to antimicrobials, and protect public and animal health. 7 Finnish authorities have provided national veterinary prudent use guidelines and recommendations for condition-based antimicrobial use in animals. The first recommendations were issued in 1996, and in 2003 they were revised to form national guidelines for antimicrobial use in animals.…”

Survey of companion animal veterinarians' antimicrobial drug prescription practices and awareness of antimicrobial drug use guidelines in the United States

“…Antimicrobial drugs were routinely recommended for the five hypothetical disease scenarios presented in this survey. For the feline lower urinary, feline upper respiratory and canine dental scenarios, recommendations of AMD treatment are contrary to existing AMD use guidelines, which state that AMDs should be withheld when there is no evidence for bacterial disease (Bellows et al., 2019; Edwards et al., 2004; Lappin et al., 2017; Weese et al., 2015, 2019). An association was noted between self‐reported awareness of clinical AMD use guidelines and not recommending AMDs in hypothetical situations.…”

“…While awareness of AMD use guidelines was associated with lower odds of hypothetical prescribing in cases of canine pyoderma (OR = 0.82, 95% CI: 0.64-1.05) and canine dental procedures (OR = 0.94, 95% CI: 0.77-1.16), these associations were not statistically significant in the univariate or multivariable models. there is no evidence for bacterial disease (Bellows et al, 2019;Edwards et al, 2004;Lappin et al, 2017;Weese et al, 2015Weese et al, , 2019).…”

“…To address the development of AMR in dogs and cats, guidelines meant to improve AMD use in companion animal medicine have been created. Guidelines for appropriate AMD use in companion animals are available for feline lower urinary tract illness (Edwards et al., 2004; Weese et al., 2019), feline upper respiratory symptoms (Edwards et al., 2004; Lappin et al., 2017), pyoderma (Hillier et al., 2014) and canine uncomplicated dental extractions (Bellows et al., 2019). While other general judicious AMD use recommendations exist (Weese et al., 2015), several common conditions (e.g.…”