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Friday, November 7, 2025
Antibiotic use in UK pig sector levels off as producers face continuing health issues
The pig sector in Unites Kingdom saw a modest uptick in antibiotic use in 2024, with levels remaining relatively stable following a significant rise in 2023.
Friday, October 25, 2024
UK swine industry sees uptick in antibiotic use in 2023
The UK Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) said there was an increase in antibiotic usage in the UK swine industry in 2023, interrupting an otherwise steady downward trend observed since 2015, Pig World reported.
Monday, June 19, 2023
UK pig industry past target to cut antibiotic use
The United Kingdom's pig industry has surpassed a 30% reduction target in total antibiotic use set by the RUMA Targets Task Force for the period of 2020-2024.
Monday, July 4, 2022
17% drop in antibiotic use for UK pigs last year
The amount of antibiotics used to treat pigs on UK farms in 2021 fell by 17%, bringing the total reduction since 2015 to 69%, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Antibiotic use in UK pig industry falls 60% from 2015
Sales of antibiotics - those used to treat livestock breed for food production - in the United Kingdom have halved since 2014, according to RUMA's Targets Task Force Report 2020.
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Level of antibiotic use in UK pig industry remains unchanged in 2019
The level of antibiotic use in the UK pigs remained unchanged in 2019 despite significant disease challenges, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
UK campaigners fear Brexit could compromise restrictions of antibiotic use in farming
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Thursday, May 17, 2018
UK pig industry reduces antibiotic use by over 50% in 2 years
The UK pig industry reduced antibiotic use by 28% in 2017, bringing the total reduction in two years to more than 50%.
Friday, June 30, 2017
UK poultry sector cuts down antibiotic use by 71%
Over a five-year period from 2012 to 2016, the UK poultry meat sector has managed to reduce its use of antibiotics in terms of weight by a massive 71% (23.72 tonnes in 2016 alone), according to the 2017 Antibiotic Stewardship Report publish ...
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Antibiotic use in animals drop 9% to 4-year low in UK
Sales of antibiotics for use in animals in the UK are at a four-year low, putting the UK on track to meet ambitious targets to tackle antibiotic resistance, according to a report released Thursday, Nov. 17, by the UK Department for Environm ...
Monday, July 7, 2014
UK's veterinarians and MPs urge change in antibiotic use
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Friday, May 23, 2014
UK budget cuts could undermine control of antibiotic use in livestock
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