Ensure that you record the total mg of each antimicrobial used.

Make note of the number of horses you treated last year (in total, not just those treated with antibiotics) and their average weight if available.

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Send your data spreadsheet to antibiotics@beva.org.uk, we will then provide you with the following calculations:

• The total mg used of each antibiotic class 
• The mg/kg figure- widely used in agriculture but less useful in equine practice
• The Defined Daily Dose / year (effectively the number of days which the average horse receives a dose of antibiotics during the year)
• A benchmark of your consumption of antibiotics, and the major subgroups, relative to national usage

Take a look at your contributions to the year's usage report when it is published, and consider your own usage alongside that for the national equine practice usage... how did you do?