Antibiotic Stewardship Within U.S. Poultry Production

Updated research, supported by the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, has been released quantifying the U.S. poultry industry's on-farm antibiotic use for broiler chickens, turkeys and layers. The new report adds data from 2024 to the previously published peer-reviewed reports and now covers the use of antibiotics from 2013 through 2024 for U.S. broiler chickens and turkeys and from 2016-2024 for U.S. layer chickens.

What Is the Antibiotic Stewardship Within U.S. Poultry Production Report?

What Is the Antibiotic Stewardship Within U.S. Poultry Production Report? Under the research direction of Dr. Randall Singer, DVM, PhD, of Mindwalk Consulting Group, LLC, this report represents a 12-year set of data collected from 2013 to 2024 for U.S. broiler chickens and turkeys and represents an nine-year set of data collected from 2016 to 2024 for layers. A prior report, covering 2013-2023, was released in December 2024. The updated report was prepared through a systematic collection of on-farm antibiotic use data to capture the disease indications and routes of administration through which antibiotics were given to the poultry.