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Table 4 Comparison of median treatment incidences (TI) for different antimicrobial classes and administration route before and after intervention (n = 67)

From: Effectiveness of alternative measures to reduce antimicrobial usage in pig production in four European countries

Parameter

Median before intervention

(Q25; Q75)

Median after intervention

(Q25; Q75)

p-valuea

Difference in percentage (%)

TI 3rd generation cephalosporins

0 (0.0; 10.3)

0 (0.0; 1.1)

0.09

0

TI Aminoglycosides

0 (0.0; 0.7)

0 (0.0; 0.6)

0.24

0

TI Aminopenicillins

139.6 (20.2; 414.0)

136.0 (15.9; 350.3)

0.19

−3

TI Benzylpenicillin

0 (0.0; 14.5)

0 (0.0; 17.8)

0.62

0

TI Benzylpenicillin-combinations

0 (0.0; 14.5)

0 (0.0; 5.6)

0.01

0

TI Florfenicols

0 (0.0; 0.0)

0 (0.0; 0.5)

0.81

0

TI Fluorquinolones

9.5 (3.7; 27.3)

7.6 (1.0; 28.0)

0.15

−20

TI Macrolides

12.6 (0.3; 208.7)

12.4 (0.0; 203.4)

0.84

−1

TI Macrolide-combinations

0 (0.0; 0.6)

0 (0.0; 0.2)

0.12

0

TI Pleuromutilins

0 (0.0; 0.0)

0 (0.0; 0.0)

0.18

0

TI Polymyxins

106.8 (1.1; 467.8)

33.2 (0.0; 155.4)

< 0.001

−69

TI Tetracyclines

50.7 (0.2; 255.1)

26.1 (0.1; 107.1)

0.01

−49

TI Trimethoprim-Sulfonamides

2.3 (0.0; 30.4)

0.1 (0.0; 22.8)

0.60

− 96

Administration route parenteral

300.0 (141.2; 493.4)

192.5 (111.7; 406.3)

0.01

−36

Administration route feed/water

601.3 (69.8; 1295.7)

322.0 (77.4; 632.2)

< 0.001

−46

  1. aWilcoxon signed rank test (n = 67 farrow-to-finish herds). Significant (p < 0.05) results are highlighted in bold