Does the Use of Different Indicators to Benchmark Antimicrobial Use Affect Farm Ranking?

ABSTRACT: The need to reduce antimicrobial use (AMU) in livestock production has led to the establishment of national AMU data collection systems in several countries. However, there is currently no consensus on which AMU indicator should be used and many of the systems have defined their own indicators. This study sought to explore the effect of using different internationally recognized indicators on AMU data collected from Irish pig farms and to determine if they influenced the ranking of farms in a benchmarking system. AMU data for 2016 was collected from 67 pig farms (c. 35% of Irish pig production). Benchmarks were defined using seven AMU indicators: two based on weight of active ingredient; four based on the defined daily doses (DDD) used by the European Medicines Agency and the national moni

SUBMITTER: O'Neill L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7590364 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature