Evaluation of veterinary antimicrobial benchmarking systems at farm level in Europe: implications for the UK ruminant sector

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dc.contributor.authorCraig, Aimee-Louise
dc.contributor.authorBuijs, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorMorrison, Steven
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-25T16:57:17Z
dc.date.available2021-02-25T16:57:17Z
dc.date.issued2020-04-06
dc.descriptionPublication history; Accepted - 15 March 2020; Published online - 6 April 2020en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground A number of European countries currently conduct mandatory farm- level benchmarking for antimicrobial usage (AMU). This review describes the systems used, with emphasis on metric type and practical implications. Methods This report describes examples of four types of metrics used to measure AMU: count- based, massbased, daily dose- based and course- based, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Results The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland use daily dose- based metrics to benchmark AMU at farm- level, but each country diverges from the European Surveillance of Veterinary Antimicrobial Consumption methodology in its own way, including how the population ‘at risk’ is calculated. Germany operates a count- based system. Threshold AMU values have been speciied at farm- level in the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark, and action is required from producers to reduce AMU above these values. The Netherlands and Belgium also benchmark veterinarians. Conclusions For mixed species farms common in the UK and Ireland, splitting AMU by species is recommended. It is also recommended that high priority critically important antimicrobials are benchmarked separately to other antimicrobials. No one metric is optimum; however, for ruminant livestock a daily dose- based metric allows for country- speciic adaptations which may allow a higher degree of precision at farm- level benchmarking in the UK and Ireland.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funded by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.en_US
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/216
dc.identifier.citationCraig, A., Buijs, S. and Morrison, S. (2020) ‘Evaluation of veterinary antimicrobial benchmarking systems at farm‐level in Europe: implications for the UK ruminant sector’, Veterinary Record. Wiley. doi:10.1136/vr.105727en_US
dc.identifier.issn0042-4900
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1136/vr.105727
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBritish Veterinary Associationen_US
dc.rights© British Veterinary Association 2020.en_US
dc.titleEvaluation of veterinary antimicrobial benchmarking systems at farm level in Europe: implications for the UK ruminant sectoren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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