antimicrobial – Swine in Minnesota

Best of Leman 2024: Matt Sturos – Antimicrobial susceptibility trends for common porcine bacterial pathogens

This is our most popular series on the blog. Once a month, we are sharing with you a presentation given at the Allen D. Leman swine conference, on topics that the swine group found interesting, innovative or that lead to great discussions.

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This presentation was given by Matt Sturos of the University of Minnesota during the 2024 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, recorded September 23, 2024.

Antimicrobial use in wean to market pigs in the United States assessed via voluntary sharing

This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.

This wee, Drs. Peter Davies and Randall Singer from the University of Minnesota, share a summary of their publication on the use of antimicrobials in wean-to-market pigs in the United States.

Key Points

Obtained data on antimicrobial use in the US swine industry through voluntary and confidential sharing of proprietary data
First substantial description of antimicrobial use in US swine beyond FDA sales and distribution data
Critically important classes were only 5% of use, and fluoroquinolones and ceftiofur (drugs of most concern) were <1%
The project is ongoing and seeking further participation from interested systems for 2018 to 2020.

Rise Of A New Salmonella Strain In Swine And Human Health: a podcast

Thank you for your interest in this archived blog post. The link below may not work anymore, but you can access older episodes of “At the Meeting” at the podcast’s website!

This new episode looks at the landscape of a new salmonella strain in swine and human health, which is challenging continued on-farm use of antimicrobials.