BPC Antibiotics Report 2019

The British Poultry Council has released its 2019 Antibiotic Stewardship Report which highlights the achievements made by the British poultry meat sector’s drive for excellence in bird health and welfare that’s delivering responsible use of antibiotics and safeguarding the efficacy of antibiotics across the supply chain.

According to the new report, in the last six years (2012-2018) the BPC Antibiotic Stewardship has helped achieve:
• 82.2% reduction in the total use of antibiotics
• 90.6% reduction in the use of critically important antibiotics
• 39.36% reduction in the total use of antibiotics in the last year (2016-2017)