Michael Agerley

Porcus - Denmark Author

As a veterinarian I consult roughly 115 farms in Denmark and several large farms/integrations in other countries, mainly in east and south Europe and Latin-America. I’m an owner at Porcus since 1 of Jan 2020. Porcus is a veterinarian company with 12 specialized pig veterinarians. At Porcus we consult 200.000 sows with production, this being 20% of the Danish market, as well as farms and integrations in Europe, Latin America and Asia. Besides consulting my clients, I do presentations and lectures internationally on pig production. I have had the honor presenting at IPVS, AASV, AMVEC, PORKCOLOMBIA amongst others.

In 2014 I co-developed a growth tracking program for grower pigs called GainMax and I’m currently working on new software approaches to growth monitoring. In my whole career I have always had much attention on pigs in growth. In 2018 I became a farmer by taking over the family farm (9th generation) where we fatten RWA (Raised Without Antibiotics) pigs. In 2018 I became an owner at NutriSuin where we produce feed aimed at weaning piglets without antibiotics and extra zinc.

Updated CV 25-Sep-2020

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Antibiotic reduction strategies for pig farms: Do we see a correlation with nursery increased mortality?

In the fourth article of our series, we review the opinions from our group of global swine health experts on the potential relationship, if any, between the rise in nursery mortality that some countries have observed over the last few years and antibiotic reduction strategies.

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22-Oct-2021xavier-chehriwhat do you think about the impact of post weaning production system differences such as high diarrhea cross contamination or respiratory air borninfections when all piglets are in the same barn with no separated rooms (such as posr weaning barns in Europe) ? no separation walls allowing piglets cross contamination ? need to treat the entire barn instead of on room of 200 piglets only leading to significant antibiotic over consumption ?
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Image 1. Air quality assessments at the farm. Photo courtesy of Annalisa Scollo.

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Antibiotic reduction strategies for pig farms: Successful strategies at the farm level (Part 2)

In this third article of our series, our global swine health experts continue sharing their perspectives on successful strategies for the reduction of antibiotics as well as learnings from some of the mistakes made along the way.

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16-Dec-2020GEHI am never quite sure why attention to C & D ranks so low in the list of wasy to reduce antibiotic use..? Biosecurity can be a tad vague.. Two things I would liek to see emphasised. 1) Robust cleaning regime with the use of GOOD detergent..!! not justa pressure washer.. Need to attack the biofilm.. 2) Use of the disinfectant often needs attentiontoo.. Choice? Effectiveness of the proposed disinfectant to inlcude DIFFICULT organism (Many do not) Plus Attention to Concentration and applciation rates, duration of contact. use of disinfectant onto dry surfaces to avoid dilution..

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Figure 1. Sale of veterinary antibiotics in Spain 2014-2019 (mg/PCU). Source: resistenciaantibioticos.es/es

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Antibiotic reduction strategies for pig farms: Successful strategies at the farm level (Part 1)

In this second article of our series, our swine health experts share their perspectives on the most important strategies for the reduction of antibiotic use in their respective countries.

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Image 2. Feed processing facility in North America. Source ANACAN.

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Antibiotic reduction strategies for pig farms: Perspective from global pig health experts

In this first article of our series, we will compare and contrast the perspectives of four pig health experts from some of the most important pork producing countries (i.e. USA, Italy, Denmark and Spain) on antibiotic reduction strategies for pig farms.

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Michael Agerley

Antibiotic reduction strategies for pig farms: Do we see a correlation with nursery increased mortality?

Antibiotic reduction strategies for pig farms: Successful strategies at the farm level (Part 2)

Antibiotic reduction strategies for pig farms: Successful strategies at the farm level (Part 1)

Antibiotic reduction strategies for pig farms: Perspective from global pig health experts

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