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Table 1 Chinese and US swine industry comparisons

From: Antimicrobial use in Chinese swine and broiler poultry production

 

2000

2012

Change (%)

China

   

Pig inventory

388,298,000

465,500,000

19.9

No slaughtered

468,796,366

670,949,440

43.1

Carcass weight (kg)

76.5

73.2

-4.3

Production (tonnes)

35,862,922

49,113,499

36.9

Offtake rate

1.21

1.44

19.0

Prod (kg)/Invent

92.36

105.51

14.2

USA

   

Pig inventory

59,342,000

66,412,800

11.9

No slaughtered

93,815,987

107,497,830

14.6

Carcass weight (kg)

89.4

92.3

3.2

Production (tonness)

8,386,510

9,921,970

18.3

Offtake rate

1.58

1.62

2.5

Prod (kg)/Invent

141.33

149.40

5.7

China/USA (%)

   

Carcass weight

85.6

79.3

-7.3

Offtake rate

76.6

88.9

16.1

Prod (kg)/invent

65.4

70.6

8.1

  1. Source: FAOSTAT [18].