In the years 2007-2010 the total sales of antibiotics decreased by 23%. Sample data about the antibiotic use in specific animal species in the Netherlands also indicate a substantial decrease in antibiotic use in four out of five animal production sectors examined in 2010.
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Trends in total sales
Sales data reveal that the total amount of antibiotics sold by the pharmaceutical industry (FIDIN members) in the Netherlands for therapeutic veterinary use, has increased by 83% in the period 1999-2007. In the last three years the antibiotic sales in the Dutch animal production decreased by 23%, to a total of 455 tonnes in 2010. This downward trend of veterinary antibiotic sales is in line with the policy objective of 20% reduction in 2011, compared with 2009.
Trends in exposure
The figures on exposure to antibiotics in the sample surveys reveal the following tendencies for the years 2005-2010, indicating a substantial decrease in antibiotic use in most animal production sectors in the Netherlands in 2010:
- sow/piglet farms: annual variation, decrease in 2010
- fattening pig farms: decrease in 2009 and 2010
- broiler farms: increased usage from 2005 to 2009, decrease in 2010
- veal calf farms: decreased usage from 2007 to 2010
- dairy farms: decrease in 2009, increase in 2010
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