An economic assessment of alternative antimicrobial use scenarios on pig farms

This paper explores the theoretical economic outcome of management changes that result in different levels of antimicrobial use (AMU) in two types of UK pig farm. A static farm economic pig production model (FEPM) was used on a representative ‘Top-third’ most profitable farm and a representative ‘Mi...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Main Authors:	Shailesh Shrestha, Maria R. da Costa, Carla Correia-Gomes, Amanda Nevel, Andy McGowan, Sue C. Tongue
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-04-01
Subjects:	pig farm economic assessment antimicrobial resistance antimicrobial usage farm level modeling
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2024.1381499/full