Danish poultry meat –How is low usage of antibiotics possible in an intensive

production? Peter Johannsen

peterjohannsen@pc.dk

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

VetStat - data input

VETSTAT

10% 5% 85%

Pharmacy Feed plant

Vet

Central Husbandry Register - data input

CHR

Farmer

Slaughter houses

Markets

Export facilities

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

Mortality of breeders

40.000 Breeders

Rugeægsproduktion

Byggeriet i Årup

Broiler production

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.

Placement

Feed on paper

check the sensors

Avoid water spillage

Eat and drinking space.

Catching

Wash

Cleaned and disinfected

Broiler results – Hatchery related

Broiler results -Feed mill related

Broiler results -Processing plants

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

Thank

you