Antimicrobial use in food-producing animals increased in the US during 2009-14.

These graphics depict the increase in antimicrobial use in food-producing animals in the US during 2009-14. Data on antimicrobial sales for use in food-producing animals are from the FDA’s 2014 Summary Report On Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed for Use in Food-Producing Animals. Data on annual red meat and poultry production in the US are from the Livestock and Meat Domestic Data tables published by the US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.