Spain reduces animal antibiotics use by a third
Antibiotics use in animal breeding is decreasing in Spain, according to the latest data collected under the National Plan against Antibiotic Resistance (PRAN). Spain is ranked among the countries with higher consumption of antibiotics in the European Union, both in human and veterinary medicine.
In animal health, the 32.4% reduction recorded in veterinary antibiotic sales has been calculated through data provided by pharmaceutical laboratories. The work of the companies adhering to the REDUCE Programs, created under the PRAN in pigs, meat poultry, cuniculture, beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep and goats, has contributed directly to this descent, according to Diario Veterinario. This initiative has already achieved a reduction of colistin consumption of 97.18% in pigs (2015-2018) and a reduction in total antibiotic consumption of 71% in meat poultry farming (2015-2018).
The National Plan against Antibiotic Resistance (PRAN) is now at its second stage, which is to last until 2021.
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