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UK pig sector antibiotic usage fell by 10% in 2025 to 77.2 mg/PCU, the second lowest level on record. The welcome reduction follows two consecutive yearly…
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Big fall recorded in UK pig sector antibiotic usage in 2025
0UK pig sector antibiotic usage fell by 10% in 2025 to 77.2 mg/PCU, the second lowest level on record. The welcome reduction follows two consecutive yearly increases, to 85mg/PCU in 2023 and 86mg/PCU in 2024, but remains above the low of 72mg/PCU in 2022. A decade after the launch of the electronic Medicines Book (eMB), the latest figures show total antibiotic usage currently stands at just over a quarter of the original figure, Â 278mg/PCU, recorded in 2015, when reporting through eMB began, highlighting the long-term improvements that has taken place across the sector. Usage of highest priority critically important antibiotics…