Antibiotic use in animal fattening is higher than in human medicine.
AgricultureEuropean Union
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- The comparison is typically made in terms of mg per Population Correction Unit (PCU) for animals versus mg per 1000 inhabitants per day for humans, requiring normalization for meaningful comparison.
- The trend shows that antibiotic use in animals has been decreasing significantly in the EU due to regulatory measures, with a 43% reduction between 2011 and 2021.
- The data cited is from the 2019-2021 period; more recent data may show continued reduction in animal antibiotic use.
- Sources
- PrimaryECDC/EFSA/EMA Joint Report - JIACRA IVFourth joint inter-agency antimicrobial consumption and resistance analysis (JIACRA IV) covering 2019-2021 data shows that antimicrobial consumption in food-producing animals was higher than in humans across EU/EEA countries.
- PrimaryEMA/ECDC/EFSA Simplified Summary - JIACRA IVThe use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals in the EU/EEA was higher than in humans when comparing standardized consumption metrics.