Available now: SDa-report ‘Usage of antibiotics in agricultural livestock in the Netherlands in 2023’
It is with great pleasure that the Netherlands Veterinary Medicines Institute (SDa) presents its report Usage of Antibiotics in Agricultural Livestock in the Netherlands in 2023. In this publication, the SDa expert panel reports on the amounts of antibiotics used in the Dutch goat, turkey, veal, broiler, layer, rabbit, cattle and pig farming sectors in 2023.
In 2023, overall antibiotic use remained relatively stable in most livestock sectors. Antibiotic usage patterns in the cattle, dairy goat, pig, and poultry farming sectors were similar to those observed for 2022. Overall antibiotic use in the turkey farming sector dropped by 34.2% in 2023, while 7.6 and 8.5% increases were recorded for the veal and rabbit farming sectors, respectively.
The overall amount of antibiotics sold within the Dutch livestock sector rose by 4.5% in 2023, and the sales volume reduction from the government-specified reference year of 2009 now amounts to 76.4%. Sales of antibiotics classified as last-resort antibiotics for humans (i.e. fluoroquinolones and third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins) remained low and stable. In 2023, sales of polymyxins (including colistin) declined for the third consecutive year and were 10.8% lower than the year before.
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The report and cover letter have been combined in a single document, with the letter by the SDa board preceding the actual SDa report Usage of Antibiotics in Agricultural Livestock in the Netherlands in 2023. As usual, the appendix to the report is available online.