Danish poultry meat –How is low usage of antibiotics possible in an intensive production? Peter Johannsen [email protected] Ceva Summit Budapest april 2015
Mar 15, 2019
Danish poultry meat –How is low usage of antibiotics possible in an intensive
production? Peter Johannsen
Ceva Summit Budapest april 2015
Danish poultry meat industry
• Hatchery: 1 company, 2 hatcheries
• slaugtherhouses: 2 big ones, some small ones
• Processing factories: 2
• Broilers producers: 180
• Production: 120 mill. Broilers
• Export of 30 mill. Hatching eggs/doc
Antibiotic use
Antimicrobial consumption
per kg meat produced from
pigs, broilers, turkey and
aquaculture measured
against different
denominators, Denmark
Source: DANMAP 2011
Fødevarestyrelsens Case by Case undersøgelser 2012
Salmonella Dan Foreign
Number of tested 96 201
Number positive 0 19
% 0% 9%
Campylobacter Dan Foreign
Number of tested 122 116
Number positive 24 52
% 20% 45%
food safety
• NON Salmonella , no vaccination
• Low level of Campylobacter
• Low level of antibiotics = low level of resistant bacteria
• High animal welfare
• High hygiene • Documentation and traceability on broilers (KIK)
Danish poultry
Distribution af antibiotics- veterinarians have no income from sales of medicine or vaccines
Medicated feed
Coccidiostats
Feed plant Pharmacy Prescription
85%
10% 5%
Vet
1. week and total mortality i 2012, 2013 og 2014 in rearing
1. uges døde: 15 hold i 2014 Total afgang: 4 hold i 2014
Vaccinations only in rearing Age Dísease Vaccine Applikation
Dayold, hatchery Mareks HVT + Rispens Injection
At arrival Coccidiose Paracox 8 (70)% Feed
3 days Infektiøs Bronkitis, IB Nobilis IB Ma5 Spray
3 weeks
(25 days) Gumboro, IBD Avipro Gumboro vac. Vet Water
5 weeks
(35 dage) Newcastle disease, ND Avinew Water
7 weeks
(45 dage) Blåvingesyge, CAV Avipro Thymovac. Vet. Oralt
8 weeks
(56 dage) Infektiøs Bronkitis, IB Nobilis IB 4-91 Spray
9 weeks
(63 dage) Newcastle disease, ND Avinew Water
10 weeks
(70 dage) Infektiøs Bronkitis, IB Nobilis IB Ma5 Spray
11 weeks
(77 dage)
Hjerne-rygmarvsbetændelse,
AE Avipro AE Water
16 weeks
(112 dage) Aviær pneumovirus, TRT Nobilis Rhino CV Spray
17-18 weeks
(transfer)
IB, ND, EDS
Combi vaccine Nobilis IB multi-ND-EDS Injection
Typical broilerhouse
• Aprox. 2000 m2 pr. house.
• Build in brix-. concrete elements or sandwich panels.
• Liter material (Wood shavings, peat moss, chopped straw.)
• Feed and water system is evenly placed in the house.
• Normally under pressure ventilation.
Life cycle for broiler produktion.
• Hatching time is 21 days
• The average age is 36 days.
• One chicken eat ca.3.65 kg feed and drink ca. 6.3 liter of water.
• Killing weight 2,175 kg
• 35- 40.000 birds pr house.
• Ca. 20 birds placed pr m2.
• Max 40 kg pr m2.
Preparation • The house is preheated to min. 25 – 28ºC before the
litter is placed.
• Temperature is ca. 33ºC, when the birds arriving.
• Humidity shout be min. 50%.
• Clean water
• Feed on paper.
• Place extra litter in the house.
• Feeder pans and drinking nipples shout be placed in chicken height.
Reasons for few treatments • High quality of rearing, breeder and broiler house
• High level of health status
• High level of biosecurity
• High level of Hygiene
• Openness of information
• Focus on management more than treatment
– Fight against foot pad lesions did help
– Dry litter
– Less coccidiosis, necrotic enteritis, dysbacteriosis