Benchmark farm antimicrobial use and require veterinary oversight
#00383
Collect farm-level antimicrobial sales and use data by species, farm, and indication; normalize for animal populations; provide confidential benchmarking to farmers and vets; and require review and improvement plans for persistent high users.
Netherlands
PartialDutch government, Netherlands Veterinary Medicines Institute, veterinarians and livestock sectors · National
Beginning in 2009, the Netherlands combined national reduction targets with farm-level and veterinarian benchmarking, restrictions on critically important antibiotics, mandatory treatment plans and sector-specific anima…
Veterinary antibiotic sales2009 reference level → Almost 70 percent lower in 2019relative change
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