Sustainability Report 2024 - FINAL-web - Flipbook - Page 7
Pigs
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Responsible Antibiotic Use
Pipestone Antibiotic Resistance Tracker (PART)
PART provides livestock farmers with a web-based tool to do their PART in the 昀椀ght against Antibiotic Resistance with the
help of their veterinarian. PART allows producers to Record, Review, and Respond for the responsible use of antibiotics.
Milligrams of Antibiotics/Lb of Liveweight by FDACategory
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
2019
2020
2021
Critically Important
2022
Highly Important
2023
2024
Not Medically Important
Monitoring Use
Pipestone’s commitment to responsible antibiotic use and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) serves as the framework for
our Pipestone Antibiotic Use Standards (PORK). A producer certi昀椀es the production of hogs for PORK at one of the three
levels as set forth. These levels apply to all stages of swine production.
Pipestone Antibiotic Use Standards (PORK)
Level 0
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
ABX administration is under VCPR
Yes
Yes
Yes
Antibiotics used only when
necessary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Use for disease
treatment and control
only after diagnosis
has been determined
No use of
critically
important
antibiotics
No use
of ANY
antibiotics
No antibiotics used for growth
promotion
No tracking of
antibiotics
Antibiotic Use
Pipestone managed sow
farms breakdown
Level 0
11 farms
Level 1
69 farms
Level 2
0 farms
Level 3
0 farms
Monitoring Resistance
PART has research focused on antimicrobial use and resistance on commercial swine farms in the Midwest. Partners in
the project include the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Animal Health Monitoring System
(NAHMS), the National Pork Board (NPB), and the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research’s (FFAR) International
Consortium of Antibiotic Stewardship in Agriculture (ICASA). The work focuses on use and resistance in relation to animal
health and production-related indicators.
