Antimicrobial Use and Susceptibility of Indicator Escherichia coli in Finnish Integrated Pork Production.

ABSTRACT: In pigs, antimicrobial use (AMU) practices vary at different production phases between herds and between countries. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) development is linked to AMU but recognized as a multi-factorial issue, and thus, any information increasing knowledge of AMU and AMR relationships is valuable. We described AMU and screened the carriage of different AMR phenotypes of indicator Escherichia coli in 25 selected Finnish piglet-producing and finishing herds that formed nine birth-to-slaughter production lines. Moreover, we studied associations between AMU and AMR in both herd types and throughout the production line. Treatment records were obtained from the national Sikava register for 1year, and AMU was quantified as mg/PCU (population correction unit) and TIs (treatment inc

SUBMITTER: Sali V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8600236 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature