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Table 2 Summary of antimicrobial use at farm level expressed in mg/PCU and in treatment incidence (TI) per age category (piglet, weaner, finisher and sow) and the standardised 200-day rearing period (TI200). Median values are shown with minima and maxima in brackets

From: Quantification, description and international comparison of antimicrobial use on Irish pig farms

 

mg/PCU

TI200

TIpiglet

TIweaner

TIfinisher

TIsow

Overall

93.93 (1.01–1196.00)

15.37 (0.22–169.15)

6.32 (0.28–72.42)

34.36 (0.18–237.64)

0.70 (0.01–130.84)

0.19 (0.01–7.52)

Medicated feed

78.25 (0–1023.10)

12.87 (0–154.93)

1.29 (0–11.86)

32.54 (0–233.18)

0 (0–104.77)

0 (0–7.47)

Water

0.40 (0–150.79)

0.3 (0–33.12)

0.16 (0–69.74)

0.28 (0–42.78)

0 (0–25.94)

0 (0–1.78)

Top dressing

0.03 (0–29.15)

0 (0–1.39)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–1.53)

0 (0–1.28)

0 (0–2.25)

Oral doses

0 (0–0.72)

0 (0–0.24)

0 (0–1.19)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

Injectable

3.91 (0.47–19.36)

1.17 (0.14–11.42)

2.43 (0.27–36.39)

0.58 (0.05–9.72)

0.32 (0.01–3.92)

0.10 (0.01–1.03)

EMA category B antimicrobials a

0.18 (0–5.77)

0.24 (0–13.13)

0.39 (0–64.27)

0.16 (0–4.78)

0 (0–0.80)

0 (0–0.49)

  1. aEuropean Medicines Agency category B antimicrobials include polymyxins, fluoroquinolones and 3rd and 4th generation cephalosporins [43]