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Table 2 Amount of active ingredients of antibiotics used within three months in poultry farms included in the survey

From: Determination of antimicrobial use in commercial poultry farms in Plateau and Oyo States, Nigeria

Antibiotics

Amount of active ingredients in kg (Plateau)

Amount of active ingredients in kg (Oyo)

Tetracycline

290

15.4

Penicillin

2

0.2

Aminoglycoside

4

7.4

Polypeptide

12

0.1

Fluoroquinolone

2

3.8

Amphenicol

1

0

Macrolide

0

13.1

Total

311

40