Antimicrobial usage targets in pigs

Although the UK is coming out of the European Union, the country is still pushing forward with antimicrobial usage targets in the major animal species. Health expert David Burch thinks it might be useful for other member states to consider their impact. In the UK, we had the O’Neill report (2016) finally published, suggesting that the UK should have an overall target of 50 mg/kg biomass. This caused some consternation as how he interpreted biomass, but he was using the current approach by the