Risk factors for the oral use of antibiotics and treatment incidence of weaners in Switzerland

Hirsiger, P; Malik, J; Kümmerlen, D; Vidondo, B; Arnold, C; Harisberger, M; Spring, Peter; Sidler, X (2015). Risk factors for the oral use of antibiotics and treatment incidence of weaners in Switzerland Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd, 157(12), pp. 682-688. Verlag Hans Huber 10.17236/sat00046

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In the present study, risk factors for the use of oral antibiotics in weaned piglets were collected on 112 pig farms by a personal questionaire. The most common indication for an antibiotic group therapy was diarrhoea, and the most frequently used antibiotic was Colistin. On average, 27.33 daily doses in the control farms and 387.21 daily doses in the problem farms per 1000 weaners were administered on a given day. The significant risk factors in the multivariate model were poor hygiene in the water supply of suckling piglets, less than two doses of prestarter feed daily, lack of an all-in-and-all-out production system in weaners, no herd book performance data analysis, and less than two of the legally prescribed veterinary visits per year. Furthermore, the treatment incidence of weaners for oral antibiotics was calculated on the basis of the drug inventory. This study provides evidence that the use of oral antibiotics in weaners can be reduced by interventions in hygiene and management.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Resource-efficient agricultural production systems School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Agriculture
Name:	Hirsiger, P; Malik, J; Kümmerlen, D; Vidondo, B; Arnold, C; Harisberger, M; Spring, Peter and Sidler, X
Subjects:	Q Science > QL Zoology R Medicine > R Medicine (General) S Agriculture > SF Animal culture
ISSN:	0036-7281
Publisher:	Verlag Hans Huber
Language:	German
Submitter:	Simon Lutz
Date Deposited:	19 Feb 2020 15:31
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2020 15:31
Publisher DOI:	10.17236/sat00046
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.8534
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/8534