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. 2015 Apr 28;4:17. doi: 10.1186/s13756-015-0050-y

Table 4.

Breakdown by poultry antimicrobial combination

Pre-starter and Starter Phases
Antimicrobial (AM) combination Number of chickens Percent of birds treated Pounds of Feed g AM/lb of feed Total in kg
1. bambermycin, amprolium, ethopabate, roxarsone 7,431,763,333 25% 2.25 0.061680 257,845
2. BMD, roxarsone, monensin 7,431,763,333 25% 2.25 0.072120 301,488
3. chlortetracycline, roxarsone 7,431,763,333 5% 2.25 0.218160 182,398
4. penicillin, amprolium, ethopabate 7,431,763,333 5% 2.25 0.066840 55,883
5. lincomycin, roxarsone, amprolium, ethopabate 7,431,763,333 15% 2.25 0.066400 166,546
6. virginiamycin, roxarsone, salinomycin 7,431,763,333 25% 2.25 0.044160 184,605
Total 1,148,765
Grower and Finisher Phases
Antimicrobial combination Number of chickens Percent of birds treated Pounds of feed g AM/lb of feed Total in kg
1. bambermycin, lasalocid, roxarsone 7,431,763,333 28% 6 0.06376 796,067
2. erythromycin, arsanilic acid, zoalene 7,431,763,333 10% 6 0.1184 527,952
3. chlortetracycline, roxarsone, monensin 7,431,763,333 5% 6 0.26216 584,493
4. penicillin, roxarsone, zoalene 7,431,763,333 5% 6 0.08356 186,299
5. lincomycin, lasalocid, roxarsone 7,431,763,333 20% 6 0.06416 572,186
6. virginiamycin, monensin, roxarsone 7,431,763,333 28% 6 0.05908 737,635
Total 3,404,633