Quantitative and qualitative analysis of antimicrobial usage at farm and flock level on 181 broiler farms in nine European countries

Philip Joosten , Steven Sarrazin , Liese van Gompel , Roosmarijn Luiken , Jaap Wagenaar , Dick Heederik (1) , Jeroen Dewulf (2) , H Graveland , H Schmitt , Dik Mevius , A van Essen , B Gonzalez-Zorn , G Moyano , Pascal Sanders (3) , Claire Chauvin (4) , J David , A Battisti , A Caprioli , T Blaha , K Wadepohl , M Brandt , F Aarestrup , T. Hald (5) , S. Duarte (6) , D Wasyl , D Krasucka , B Biernacki , J Szumilo , H Daskalov , H Saatkamp , K Stärk

1 Environmental and Occupational Health Group
2 Obstetrics, Reproduction and Herd Health
3 Laboratoire de Fougères - ANSES
4 ANSES - Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail
5 DTU - Danmarks Tekniske Universitet = Technical University of Denmark
6 LAPSCO - Laboratoire de psychologie sociale et de psychologie cognitive

Objectives: To control the emerging threat of antimicrobial resistance, international policy appeals for appropriate monitoring of antimicrobial usage (AMU) at supranational, species and farm level. The aim of this study was to quantify AMU in broilers at farm and flock level in nine European countries.

Keywords: antimicrobial usage; antimicrobial resistance; antibiotic resistance; veterinary drug; broiler; poultry; farm; agriculture; Europe; bacteria; microbiology

Keywords: résistance; volaille; agriculture; bactérie; microbiologie; antimicrobiens; antibiotiques; médicament vétérinaire

Domains: Veterinary medicine and animal Health

Philip Joosten, Steven Sarrazin, Liese van Gompel, Roosmarijn Luiken, Jaap Wagenaar, et al.. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of antimicrobial usage at farm and flock level on 181 broiler farms in nine European countries. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2019, 74 (3), pp.798-806. ⟨10.1093/jac/dky498⟩. ⟨anses-02335839⟩