The Dutch continue to reduce antibiotic use in livestock.
In Britain, after many years of knowing there was a problem, we still do not have any figures specific to
pigs.
More detailed species specific information on Dutch usage available from
site:
…Trends in total sales
In the period 2009-2011 the total sales of antibiotics, licensed for therapeutic use in animals in the Netherlands, decreased by nearly 32%, from 495 tonnes in 2009 to 338 tonnes in 2011 (FIDIN, 2012). This means that the policy objective for 2011, a 20% reduction in 2011 compared with 2009, was more than reached. As compared with 2007, the year with the highest sales, the decrease until 2011 was 40%.
In the period 2009-2011 the total sales of antibiotics, licensed for therapeutic use in animals in the Netherlands, decreased by nearly 32%, from 495 tonnes in 2009 to 338 tonnes in 2011 (FIDIN, 2012). This means that the policy objective for 2011, a 20% reduction in 2011 compared with 2009, was more than reached. As compared with 2007, the year with the highest sales, the decrease until 2011 was 40%.
Trends in use per species
In 2011, all animal production sectors in the Netherlands showed a decrease in antibiotic use:
In 2011, all animal production sectors in the Netherlands showed a decrease in antibiotic use:
·
sow/piglet farms: annual variation,
decrease in 2010 and 2011;
·
fattening pig farms: increase until
2008, decrease from 2009 to 2011;
·
broiler farms: increase until 2009,
decrease in 2010 and 2011;
·
veal calf farms: decrease from 2007
to 2011;
·
dairy farms: annual variation,
decrease in 2011…
