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Animal Health and Monitoring
Programs in The Netherlands
Sytske Muijs
Product Board for Livestock and Meat
Brno, 23 June 2011
Content
 Product Board
 Dutch pig sector
 Importance of animal health
 Obtaining and maintaining high health
 Animal health programs
 Reduction of antibiotics
• PRRS
 Conclusion
Product Board for Livestock and Meat
Who are we?
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Represents the whole production chain
Board members appointed by private organisations
Acts on behalf of sector towards government
Own sector driven legislative authority
Financed by levies
Two pillars
- Joint management: EU and National
- Autonomous tasks
Product Board for Livestock and Meat
Goals
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Work towards an accepted sector with a viable future
Sustainable competitive position
Market signals/ social wishes
In dialogue with private organisations and sector partners
Pro active
Cost control
Number of pig farms
20.000
19.627
15.000
12.895
10.000
9.623
8.602
7.174
6.100
5.000
3.987
6.508
3.301
3.073
5.952
2.880
0
1995
2000
2005
2008
with fattening pigs
2009
with sows
2010
Average size of pig farms
992
1000
902
900
814
800
700
640
600
504
500
400
363
280
300
200
366
333
380
219
156
100
0
1995
2000
2005
2008
with fattening pigs
2009
with sows
2010
Export of live pigs (in millions
excl. sows)
12
11
10
9
8
7
6,2
6,7
5
4,9
2009
2010
5,1
6
5
4
3,4
3,6
3
2
1
4,2
2,8
0
1995
3,1
4,3
1,4
2000
2005
slaughter pigs
2008
piglets
Importance of animal health
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Prevention animal diseases
Animal welfare
Use of medication
Technical financial results
Trade/ competitive position
Image and social acceptance
Obtaining and maintaining high
health
 No introduction of contagious diseases
 Lower risk of spreading
Through:
 Limiting contact structure  regulation on the delivery of pigs
 Monitoring  central registration by veterinarians and
pathology
 Monitoring animal diseases
 Quality system Livestock Logistics (QLL)
- Transport of animals
- Assembly of animals
Animal health programs (1)
 Monitoring programs
 Classical Swine Fever
 Swine Vesicular Disease
 Salmonella
 Aujeszky’s disease
 Costs paid for by farmers
 Laboratory testing
 Veterinary/ blood tapping
Animal health programs (2)
Goals: Transparency and return on investment from healthy pigs
 Reduction antibiotic use  preventing resistance in relation to
public health
Taskforce on reduction of antibiotic use
Co-ordinated approach PRRS
Reduction of Antibiotics (1)
Goal:
2011 20% reduction in relation to 2009
2013 50% reduction in relation to 2009
National Task Force  Co-operation between sector and
government
Pig sector
Veal sector
Poultry sector
Cattle sector
Reduction of Antibiotics (2)
Approach
 Registration via Integrated Chain Systems (IKB)
• Insight/ understanding
• Comparisons between farms
• Categorisation
 Base level determination antibiotic use
 Advice on management measures
 Feedback of slaughter information
 Elimination of medicated feed
Reducing Antibiotics (3)
 Aim at vulnerable moments (birth, weaning and introduction to
fattening farm)
 Eliminate use of specific antibiotics
 Positive list of veterinary practices
 Foundation Veterinary Health Authority
 From group treatment towards individual treatment
 Registration of diagnoses
 Project PRRS
Project PRRS (1)
Bring into focus, control and possibly eradication
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Higher health status
Reduce use antibiotics
Strengthening market position
Possibilities for new export markets
Project coordinated by the Product Board for Livestock and Meat
Involved Parties:
Farmers Associations
Animal Health Service
Breeding company
Central Veterinary Institute
National Veterinary Faculty
Project PRRS (2)
1. Literature Study towards intervention methods and US
experiences
a. Internal and external bio security
b. Transport
c. Air filtration
d. Vaccination
2. Pilot on farms
 Project with a long term approach
 Controlling  eradication (?)
Conclusion
Animal health approach in the Netherlands through:
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Monitoring programs
Active prevention and elimination programs
Private quality systems
Aiming for the reduction of antibiotic use
Co-ordinated approach
Is the key
to success
Thank you for your attention
Questions?