Clinical Context Peer-reviewed veterinary literature continues to shape everyday decision-making for production animal practice, especially when new evidence clarifies diagnosis, treatment selection, monitoring, or clinical outcomes.

What the Study Evaluated A study published in Frontiers in veterinary science in 2026 evaluated antimicrobial usage in broiler poultry farms in Zambia..

Key Findings Although Zambia and many other countries globally have very high rates of antimicrobial resistance, there is a surprisingly limited amount of quantitative data on antimicrobial use (AMU) to guide important control actions. Here, we used the VetCAb-ID [Veterinary Consumption of Antibiotics-International Documentation; ©Tierärztliche Hochschule (TiHo) Hannover, Germany] system to conduct a prospective longitudinal analysis of AMU in broiler poultry farms in the Lusaka district of Zambia to qua…