Table 4.
Amounts of active ingredients mixed in medicated feed from the feed mill survey, categorised by WHO CIA list
| Active ingredient (WHO ATCvet code) | Amount of antibiotic added to medicated feed in kg | |||
| All feeds (kg, %) |
By stage of pig production | |||
| Feeds for breeding pig (sow) | Feeds for pigs <25 kg (suckling and nursery pigs) | Feeds for fatteners | ||
| (I) Critically important antimicrobials highest priority |
145 805.3 (17.3) | 18 487.3 | 62 399.5 | 64 918.6 |
| Colistin (QA07AA10) | 40 378.5 (4.8) | 2251.7 | 35 209.4 | 2917.4 |
| Fosfomycin (QJ01XX01) | 767.2 (0.1) | 79.6 | 11.2 | 676.4 |
| Kitasamycin (QJ01FA93) | 9435.4 (1.1) | 2153.7 | 588.9 | 6692.9 |
| Tilmicosin (QJ01FA91) | 54 738.9 (6.5) | 10 271.0 | 21 045.6 | 23 422.3 |
| Tylosin (QJ01FA90) | 38 507.1 (4.6) | 1764.2 | 5543.5 | 31 199.4 |
| Tylvalosin (QJ01FA92) | 1978.2 (0.2) | 1967.1 | 0.9 | 10.2 |
| (II) Critically important antimicrobials high priority |
395 971.6 (47.0) | 102 994.7 | 152 266.0 | 140 710.9 |
| Amoxicillin (QJ01CA04) | 395 950.1 (47.0) | 102 994.7 | 152 244.5 | 140 710.9 |
| Apramycin (QJ01GB90) | 21.5 (<0.1) | – | 21.5 | – |
| (III) Highly important antimicrobials | 48 328.3 (5.7) | 17 851.5 | 11 247.7 | 19 229.0 |
| Chlortetracycline (QJ01AA03) | 32 889.4 (3.9) | 11 853.7 | 7515.2 | 13 520.4 |
| Doxycycline (QJ01AA02) | 2686.6 (0.3) | 1661.2 | 881.7 | 143.7 |
| Lincomycin (QJ01FF02) | 7881.0 (0.9) | 270.9 | 2749.2 | 4860.9 |
| Oxytetracycline (QJ01AA06) | 4871.3 (0.6) | 4065.7 | 101.6 | 704 |
| Sulfadimidine (QJ01EQ03) | 240.2 (0.1) | – | 24.0 | 216.1 |
| (IV) Important antimicrobials | 128 519.1 (15.3) | 41 809.6 | 33 433.7 | 53 275.9 |
| Bacitracin (QA07AA93) | 9285.3 (1.1) | 8136.5 | 710.1 | 438.7 |
| Tiamulin (QJ01XQ01) | 119 233.8 (14.2) | 33 673.1 | 32 723.6 | 52 837.2 |
| (V) Antimicrobial classes currently not used in humans | 123 707.1 (14.7) | 12 763.9 | 74 844.6 | 36 098.7 |
| Avilamycin (QA07AA95) | 281.5 (<0.1) | – | 143.0 | 138.6 |
| Bambermycin (QA07AA96) | 78.2 (<0.1) | – | 78.2 | – |
| Halquinol (QA07A×91) | 123 347.4 (14.6) | 12 763.9 | 74 623.4 | 35 960.1 |
| Total | 842 571.7 | 193 906.9 | 334 215.5 | 314 449.2 |
ATCvet, veterinary anatomical therapeutic chemical; WHO CIA list, WHO list of Critically Important Antimicrobials for Human Medicine.