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The occurrence of resistance in bacteria from food-producing animals raised in Denmark and Danish meat in 2018 is roughly on par with the year before. This is one of the findings in the DANMAP report for 2018 from Statens Serum Institute and the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark.
Resistance in pigs
Over the past five years, there has been a small but steady decline in the proportion of E. coli bacteria from Danish pigs that are resistant to one or more types of antimicrobials. As such, resistance was detected in 57% of the E. coli bacteria from finishers in in 2014, while the figure had dropped to 47% in 2018.
During the same period, both the authorities and the industry in Denmark have introduced a number of measures to reduce the use of antimicrobials in pigs.
"It is not possible to demonstrate a direct correlation between cause and effect. However, the monitoring data show us that during a period when the use of antimicrobials in pigs has declined, there has also been a slight decrease in the overall occurrence of resistance in common E. coli bacteria from pigs," Senior Academic Officer Helle Korsgaard from the National Food Institute says.
Wednesday October 9, 2019/ DANMAP/ Denmark.
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