Nonrational use of drugs in veterinary medicine: Danger for animal and human health

The pharmaceutical industry, which allowed the achievements of contemporary medicine, has been extremely developed during the last five decades. At the same time, nonrational use of drugs also increased. Thus usage of many medicines confirmed their effectiveness, but at the same time the reports about unwanted and harmful effects became frequent. Uncontrolled use of antimicrobial drugs in production animals, does not only compromise their health, but also through the food the human health. Tokom poslednjih pet decenija farmaceutska industrija je izrasla u jednu od najmoćnijih industrijskih grana, bez koje se savremena medicina ne može ni zamisliti. Međutim, uporedo sa razvojem farmaceutske industrije sve više je rasla i neracionalna potrošnja lekova, a time i češća pojava neželjenih efekata. Poseban značaj ima neracionalna primena antimikrobnih lekova kod životinja namenjenih za ishranu ljudi, jer može da ugrozi ne samo zdravlje tretiranih životinja, već i ljudi.