Document Date: Mar/12/2021
Veterinary Antimicrobial Sales Highlights Report 2018
Regulatory changes to the Food and Drug Regulations for annual sales reporting came into force in 2017 to increase oversight of antimicrobials available for use in animals, to support antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship. These changes require manufacturers, importers and compounders to report annual sales of medically important antimicrobials intended for use in animals (those important to human medicine). The VASR system collects data on volumes of antimicrobials and total quantity sold or compounded by animal species, and by province/territory. The 2018 Highlights Report provides a summary of VASR data.