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Antimicrobial Use in Meat Poultry Production in Finland 2007-2012
The National Working Group for Meat Poultry Health Care has since 2007 collected data about antimicrobial use for meat poultry in Finland. This has been carried out through a yearly questionnaire aimed to the companies breeding and rearing nearly 100 % of the Finnish broilers and turkeys.
Preventive measures e.g. management,
housing conditions, biosecurity
Good health situation
Minimal need for antimicrobial medication
Favourable resistance situation
Hannele Nauholz1), Eija Kaukonen2), Suvi Nykäsenoja3), Petri Yli-Soini4)
1) The Association for Animal Disease Prevention ETT ra, P.O.Box 221, 60101 Seinäjoki, Finland, Tel. +358505596202, Email: [email protected]
2) HK Agri Oy, Email: [email protected] 3) Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira, Email: [email protected]
4) Atria Finland Oy, Email: [email protected]
Principles for responsible medication in Finland
• Visit by veterinarian and clinical inspection
• Sampling and bacteriological diagnosis
• Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
• Choice of the medication based on the Recommendations of
the Finnish Food Safety Authority for the Use of Antimicrobials
against the Most Common Infectious Diseases of Animals
• As narrow spectrum antibiotic as possible
• Right dosage and sufficient treatment time
• No mass medication as preventive treatment or growth promoter
• Medicine bookkeeping obligatory for farmers and veterinarians
• Withdrawal period must be followed
• Chain information of every batch to the slaughterhouse
Resistance situation has been favourable
• Indicator bacteria are collected from broilers at slaughter every third year in accordance to FINRES-Vet
• resistance levels in E. coli have been low or moderate
• the most common resistance traits are seen among enterococci
• Resistance in C. jejuni in broilers is low
• only resistance against ampicillin exceeded 10 %
• Salmonella findings from poultry are mainly sporadic and resistance is rare
References 1. National Working Group for Meat Poultry Health Care: Antimicrobial medicated meat poultry flocks in Finland 2007-2012 2. European Food Safety Authority EFSA: Report on trends and sources of zoonoses - Finland (the yearly reports for years 2007-2011) 3. Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira: Recommendations for the Use of Antimicrobials against the Most Common Infectious Diseases of Animals
Broiler breeder flocks have been medicated
due to tenosynovitis.
Necrotic enteritis has been the main reason for the
antimicrobial medication of meat turkey flocks.
Conclusions: