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Table 4 Breakdown by poultry antimicrobial combination

From: Antimicrobial use in Chinese swine and broiler poultry production

Pre-starter and Starter Phases

    

Antimicrobial (AM) combination

Number of chickens

Percent of birds treated

Pounds of Feed

g AM/lb of feed

Total in kg

1. bambermycin, amprolium, ethopabate, roxarsone

7,431,763,333

25%

2.25

0.061680

257,845

2. BMD, roxarsone, monensin

7,431,763,333

25%

2.25

0.072120

301,488

3. chlortetracycline, roxarsone

7,431,763,333

5%

2.25

0.218160

182,398

4. penicillin, amprolium, ethopabate

7,431,763,333

5%

2.25

0.066840

55,883

5. lincomycin, roxarsone, amprolium, ethopabate

7,431,763,333

15%

2.25

0.066400

166,546

6. virginiamycin, roxarsone, salinomycin

7,431,763,333

25%

2.25

0.044160

184,605

Total

    

1,148,765

Grower and Finisher Phases

    

Antimicrobial combination

Number of chickens

Percent of birds treated

Pounds of feed

g AM/lb of feed

Total in kg

1. bambermycin, lasalocid, roxarsone

7,431,763,333

28%

6

0.06376

796,067

2. erythromycin, arsanilic acid, zoalene

7,431,763,333

10%

6

0.1184

527,952

3. chlortetracycline, roxarsone, monensin

7,431,763,333

5%

6

0.26216

584,493

4. penicillin, roxarsone, zoalene

7,431,763,333

5%

6

0.08356

186,299

5. lincomycin, lasalocid, roxarsone

7,431,763,333

20%

6

0.06416

572,186

6. virginiamycin, monensin, roxarsone

7,431,763,333

28%

6

0.05908

737,635

Total

    

3,404,633