Choices Article - Lessons from the Danish Ban on Feed-Grade Antibiotics

Table 2

Productivity impacts in Denmark and Sweden.

	Sweden	Denmark
Age at weaning	+1 week	^a
Days from weaning to reach 25 kg	+5 days	^a
Feed efficiency from 50 to 250 lbs	-1.5%	-1.5%
Piglet mortality	+1.5% pts	^a
Fattening-finish mortality	+0.04%	+0.04
Piglets per sow	-4.82%	-4.82%
Veterinary and therapeutic costs (per pig) net of costs for feed-grade antibiotics		+$0.25
Lawsonia vaccine		$0.75
^a These costs totaled $1.25 per animal in Denmark and were not broken down into specific productivity impacts.