The consumption of the broad-spectrum antibiotic cephalosporin in Danish piggeries has plummeted by almost 99% over the past three years.
In 2009, Danish pig producers used about 99 kg of cephalosporins. The following year the amount was decreased to 49 kg, and in 2011 only used a single kg of cephalosporins was used in pig farming. This was reported by the website foodculture.dk, a publication by the Danish Agriculture & Food Council.
Danish agriculture decided in 2010, to voluntarily to phase out the use of cephalosporins, as it has been linked to resistance in humans.
According to figures from Vetstat the total antibiotic consumption in Danish pig production has fallen by almost a fifth, from 2010 to 2011.