Antibiotics Table 3

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Table 3. Antibiotic use in the US in 1997 by crop¹

*Crop*	*Primary target*	*Antibiotic*	*No. states surveyed*	*Acreage treated (%)*	*Average no. applications*	Active ingredient used (lbs)
*Apple*	Erwinia amylovora	Oxytetracycline Streptomycin	10	5 25	1.1 1.9	2,700 15,400
Peach Nectarine	Xanthomonas arboricola	Oxytetracycline	9	8	4.0	7,000
*Pear*	Erwinia amylovora	Oxytetracycline Streptomycin	5	38 34	5.4 3.9	17,000 15,400

¹ Data obtained from databases at http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/other/pcu-bb/