Table 2 Antimicrobial consumption in pigs in the Netherlands in 2012 expressed in numbers of DDDA_NL/Y, ADD_DK/Y and DADD_DK/Y per therapeutic group and per farm type and the proportion of DADD_DK/Y to DDDA_NL/Y

Sows/piglets farms

 Amphenicols

0.060

0.030

0.060

100.0

 Aminoglycosides

0.004

0.003

0.003

76.7

 Cephalosporins 3rd/4th gen.

0.001

0.001

0.001

100.0

 Combinations

0.290

0.236

0.185

63.6

 Fluoroquinolones

0.001

0.001

0.001

87.7

 Macrolides/lincosamides

1.776

1.798

1.610

90.7^a

 Penicillins

5.685

3.882

3.580

63.0

 Pleuromutilines

0.736

0.513

0.629

85.4

 Polymyxines

1.207

1.199

1.815

150.4

 Tetracyclines

6.931

6.640

5.778

83.3

 Trimethoprim/sulfonamides^c

2.513

1.710

1.659

66.0

 Total

19.20

16.01

15.32

Finisher pigs farms

 Amphenicols

0.069

0.035

0.069

100.0

 Aminoglycosides

-

-

-

-

 Cephalosporins 3rd/4th gen.

0.000

0.000

0.000

100.0

 Combinations

0.081

0.062

0.051

62.2

 Fluoroquinolones

0.000

0.000

0.000

85.6

 Macrolides/lincosamides

1.254

2.216

2.144

171.0^a

 Penicillins

1.003

0.736

0.619

61.7

 Pleuromutilines

0.099

0.073

0.077

78.0

 Polymyxines

0.169

0.167

0.253

149.9

 Tetracyclines

7.454

7.320

6.297

84.5

 Trimethoprim/sulfonamides^c

1.651

0.958

0.918

55.6

 Total

11.78

11.57

10.43