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Table 5 The use of antimicrobial drugs in all in – all out LSO 2000 finishing units. The table presents the diagnosis, the number of diagnoses (mass medicationa or individual treatment) and the percentages of drugs for treating the diseased pigs (595 batches).

From: Diagnoses and Treatments in Health-Classified Fattening Herds Rearing Pigs All In – All Out

  

% of animals having the diagnosis treated with:

Diagnosis

N of diagnosesb

β-lactam anti- bioticsc

Tetra- cycline

Trimetho- prim- sulpha

Lincos- amides, macrolides and pleuro- mutilinesd

Enro- floxacin

Several antimicrobials simultaneously

Only other treatments than antimicrobials used

Information missing about the treatments

Tail biting

4983

73

13

2

0

0

1

0

11

Arthritis

3764

58

24

1

2

0

2

1

12

Respiratory

3027

3

36a

0

59a

0

0

1

3

Digestive and

3023

0

2

1

73a

0

23a

0

1

infective

         

Digestive, other

1039

3

2

3

82a

2

4

1

1

Locomotory

669

46

18

1

5

0

0

17

12

Oedema

495

0

0

85a

0

0

0

0

14

Erysipelas

224

88

0

0

0

0

0

0

11

Glässer

215

32

6

21

0

0

13

0

27

Miscellaneouse

536

36

15

2

2

1

0

33

10

Information

1055

41

15

5

2

17a

0

5

14

missing

         

TOTAL

19030

37

16

4

27

1

4

3

8

  1. a 88–100% of these treatments have been given as mass medications, all other treatments have been individual treatments
  2. b Some pigs counted more than once because of >1 treatment periods per pig or >1 disease code per treatment recorded
  3. c Penicillin and ampicillin
  4. d Lincomycin, spiramycin, tiamulin and tylosin
  5. e Miscellaneous = Skin, abscess, nervous, unknown disease, other