From: Antimicrobial use in Chinese swine and broiler poultry production
Pre-starter and Starter Phases | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1,148,765 |
Grower and Finisher Phases | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 3,404,633 |