amr seminar - agriculture...why use antibiotics? •to treat flocks with high mortality, lameness,...
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AMR Seminar Mullingar , November 2016
Vincent Carton – Managing Director
Tom Horan - Agriculture Director
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Purpose
• The issues
• Why are antibiotics used?
• The current situation
• How to reduce usage
• The future
• Summary
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The Issues
• How do we feed 10 billion people by 2050? – Larger scale, intensive production – Less farms; more automation
• Sustainability and traceability – Efficient conversion of feed grains into meat – Locally produced
• Fast growing genetics – Higher stress levels … greater disease pressure
• Welfare directives • Antibiotics are important
– we must have access to them to treat sick birds
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World Population Trend
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Growing Demand
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Tom Horan - Agriculture Director
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Small scale is finished?
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UK Site >500,000 birds per cycle
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Irish Site 100,000 birds per cycle
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Sustainability - grain to meat
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Genetic Improvement
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Carcass Yield Improvements
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Conformation Has Changed
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Why Use Antibiotics?
• To treat flocks with high mortality, lameness, enteritis etc
• To reduce welfare issues e.g. wet litter, hock burn, podo-dermatitis
• To avoid the rest of the flock becoming ill
• To ensure flocks comply with EU Broiler Welfare Directive … avoid sanctions
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Current Situation
• Antibiotics
– Post mortem and clinical diagnosis by a Veterinary Surgeon
– The history of the birds, the parent flocks and the farm is taken into account.
– Prescription for a specific product, amount and duration of treatment by house/flock
– Only administered through the drinking water – Antibiotics critical to humans are not used – Withdrawal periods strictly observed
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How To Reduce Usage?
• Hygiene – Terminal
– Hatching Egg
– Hatchery
• Biosecurity – Foot dips, hygiene barriers, hand washing, change
of footwear
• Stress – Temp, CO2, humidity, ammonia, air speed etc.
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Standards Are Important
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Quality Assurance and Traceability
Poultry Products
Quality Assurance Scheme
Poultry Producer Standard Revision 01, June 2008
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Older Housing
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1970’s Housing
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Modern Housing
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Modern Ante-Room
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Hygiene Barrier
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Hand Washing Facilities
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Secure Site
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Dedicated Entrance
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Easily Washed Site
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Good Concrete Aprons
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Proper Waste Storage Facilities
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Clean Water Supply
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Covered Foot Dips
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The Future … Feed and Water
• Feed and Water
– Organic Acids, medium/short chain fatty acids
• Water hygiene (chlorination etc)
• Enzymes
• Emulsifiers, essential oils, herb extracts
• Probiotics and prebiotics
• Feed formulation (min crude protein, grist size etc)
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The Future … Housing
• Learn from Danish & UK experience
– Some producers (25%?) may not be able to survive in the new scenario (Denmark)
• Upgrade housing stock
– Older houses need investment
– Improve heating and ventilation systems
• Implement RHI (Renewable Heat Incentive)
– to provide optimum environment (UK)
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The Future … Consumer, Imports, Training
• The consumer may have to pay more
• Imports of unknown origin/standards
– country of origin labelling needs to be strictly enforced
• Irish based independent research …
– role for Irish Universities/Teagasc?
• More training for farmers
– Incentives?
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Summary
• Many complex factors involved:
– Genetics
– Hygiene/Biosecurity
– Disease Control
– Stress
– Feed
– Housing/Environment (implement RHI)
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Thank You
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