Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance Indicators-Integration of Farm-Level Surveillance Data From Broiler Chickens and Turkeys in British Columbia, Canada.

ABSTRACT: Using data from the Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS), we aimed to describe trends in antimicrobial use (AMU) in broiler chickens and turkeys, to compare AMU across species, to compare with trends in antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and to assess the effects of various AMU/AMR units of measurement (metrics and indicators) on data integration. Data on AMU and AMR in enteric bacteria, collected from 2013 to 2017 from broiler chickens (n = 143 flocks) and turkeys (n = 145) were used. In broiler chickens, the total AMU in milligrams/population correction unit (mg/PCU_Br) decreased by 6%, the number (n) of defined daily doses for animals using Canadian standards (nDDDvetCA) per 1,000 broiler chicken-days decreased by 12%

SUBMITTER: Agunos A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6509235 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature