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antimicrobial
consumption
in
animals
animals
treated daily with a particular
antimicrobial
agent. for example, 10 dapds indicate that an estimated 1% of the pig population, on average, receives a certain treatment on a given day (section 4.3 and chapter 9, materials and methods). dapd also allows comparisons with the
antimicrobial
consumption
in the human sector, which is measured in defined daily dose per 1,000 inhabitants per day (did), see chapter 10, terminology, for a description of did. 4.2 total
antimicrobial
consumption
in
animals
in 2015, the total veterinary
consumption
of
antimicrobial
agents, including agents used for companion
animals
, amount- ed to 109.2 tonnes active compound (table 4.1), representing a 4% decrease compared with 2014. in 2015, the
antimicrobial
use for pigs, cattle and poultry com- prised 75%, ~12%, and ~2% of the total
antimicrobial
consump- tion for
animals
, respectively (figure 4.2). the decrease in anti- microbial use for
animals
was mainly attributed to a 5% decrease in the amount used in the pig industry, which is the main driver of
antimicrobial
consumption
in
animals
in denmark, due to the size of the industry. cattle and pigs are the two major production species in denmark and they comprise almost equal proportions of live biomass. however, the vast proportion of cattle biomass consists of dairy cows, which have very low
consumption
of
antimicrobial
agents compared with growing
animals
. historically, the overall
consumption
, measured as kg active compound, was 47% lower in 2015 compared with 1994. in contrast, the total meat production increased by 15% dur- ing this period (table 3.1 and figure 4.1). a major part of the decrease in
consumption
can be explained by the discontinued use of growth promoters from 1994 to 1999. between 2000, when
antimicrobial
consumption
was first registered in vetstat, and 2009, when it was at its highest, the amount of kg active compound increased by 62% (figure 4.1). this increase was also driven mainly by an increase in
consumption
in pigs and should be seen in the context that the number of pigs produced increased by 23% (table 3.1). at the same time, the proportion of exported live pigs (approx. 30 kg) increased and thus resulted in a decrease in the overall biomass of the pig population. since then, the
antimicrobial
consumption
for
animals
has gradually decreased and in 2015 it was 16% lower than in 2009. pigs , 75% cattle, 12% horses and pets, 3% poultry, 2% fur
animals
, 5% aquaculture, 3% k g active com pound pigs , 43% cattle >1 yr., 40% cattle<1 yr., 7% pets, 1% horses , 5% poultry, 1% fur
animals
, 1% aquaculture, 2% live biom ass figure 4.2
antimicrobial
agents (tonnes) figure 4.2. live biomass (mill. kg) and
antimicrobial
consumption
(kg) in main animal species, denmark note: the live biomass is estimated from census data (pigs, cattle and pet
animals
) and production data (poultry, fur
animals
, aquaculture). for poultry: the figures comprise only the biomass for the main production types (turkey and broiler production). the live biomass estimates for cattle, broiler, turkey, fur
animals
, aquaculture and pet
animals
based on 2012 data. the estimation procedures are described in chapter 9. danmap 2015
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