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GuidelineAustralian veterinary journal2025

Antimicrobial prescribing guidelines for horses in Australia.

L Hardefeldt, K Thomas, S Page, J Norris, G Browning, C El Hage, A Stewart, J Gilkerson, G Muscatello, D Verwilghen and 9 more

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Guideline in Australian veterinary journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

L HardefeldtAsia Pacific Centre for Animal Health & National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Melbourne Veterinary School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-7567
K ThomasSchool of Agriculture, Environment and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.
S PageAdvanced Veterinary Therapeutics, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5312-2149
J NorrisSydney School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0003-6930
G BrowningAsia Pacific Centre for Animal Health & National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Melbourne Veterinary School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0903-2469
C El HageAsia Pacific Centre for Animal Health & National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Melbourne Veterinary School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
A StewartUQ Vets, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
J GilkersonAsia Pacific Centre for Animal Health & National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Melbourne Veterinary School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1801-4817
G MuscatelloSydney School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
D VerwilghenGoulburn Valley Equine Hospital, Congupna, Victoria, Australia.
G van GalenGoulburn Valley Equine Hospital, Congupna, Victoria, Australia.
J BauquierMelbourne Veterinary School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7453-9162
R CumingScone Equine Hospital, Scone, New South Wales, Australia.
B ReynoldsEye Clinic for Animals, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
C WhittakerEye Clinic for Animals, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
E WilkesRacing Victoria, Flemington, Victoria, Australia.
J ClulowSchool of Agriculture, Environment and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.
C BurdenStrathbogie Veterinary Services, Strathbogie, Victoria, Australia.
L BeggREC Specialist Equine Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Funding

Agrifutures AustraliaAustralian Medicines AustraliaAustralian Veterinary Association
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The growing problem of antimicrobial resistance also affects equine veterinarians with increasing frequency. Antimicrobial stewardship and responsible prescribing are essential for a future in which effective antimicrobials are available, as it is unlikely that new antimicrobials will become available for use in horses. While antimicrobials are commonly used to treat equine infections, complications with therapy are also relatively common. Antimicrobial-associated diarrhoea, immune-mediated diseases, and nephrotoxicity have been reported as sequelae of antimicrobial therapy in equine practice. This does not indicate that clinicians should avoid using these drugs, only that knowledge of the potential for adverse effects is critical when deciding on the most appropriate antimicrobial to use and can assist in avoiding serious side effects, wherever possible, or at least in detecting and responding to them early. These guidelines comprehensively outline key features of infectious diseases in horses, diagnostic testing, and therapeutic guidelines for use in treating horses in Australia.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsDrug PrescriptionsHorse DiseasesAnimalsAntimicrobial StewardshipAustraliaHorsesAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective Agents

Identifiers

PMID40903020
PMCPMC12674987

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