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. 2024 Sep 2;13(9):831. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics13090831

Table 1.

The number of registered pigs by age group and farms in the electronic treatment journal per year (2018–2021). The numbers of farms using antimicrobials are given in brackets.

Age Group 2018 2019 2020 2021
Suckling piglets (n) 1’317’592 1’584’680 1’912’505 2’327’035
Weaners (n) 1’132’360 1’361’430 1’639’831 1’996’143
Fattening pigs (n) 858’294 1’095’041 1’606’793 2’032’961
Lactating sows (n) 14’762 17’869 22’900 28’259
Gestating sows (n) 38’437 46’060 58’984 71’638
Farms (n) 1213 (1160) 1526 (1480) 2339 (2225) 3539 (3288)