Antibiotics is a type of drug with
restrain and kill effects to bacteria, viruses and parasites. Antibiotics is
widely used in animal husbandry and feed industry, playing an important role in
preventing and treating disease, improving feed efficiency and promoting animal
growth.
Animal husbandry is the biggest application
sector for antibiotics in China, covering above 50% of total antibiotic
consumption. Chinese antibiotics output was 210,000 tons in 2006, and domestics
consumption was 180,000 tons. Of which, 97,000 was used by husbandry and feed
industry, accounting for about 54%.
Antibiotics used for animal
husbandry can be divided into two parts. One part is applied in the process of
compound, concentrate and premix feeds production by feed mills, mainly used
for preventing disease and promoting growth. Another part is used in animal
raising process by farms for disease prevention and treatment, in ways of
mixing feed, drinking, injection, drench and environmental spraying, etc.
Overuse or even abuse of antibiotics
is common in China, due to large breeding density, complicated epidemic
diseases and poor regulation. It is leading to more and more serious food
safety issues and higher drug-resistance of bacteria, which will pose potential
danger to the sustainable and healthy development of Chinese husbandry. So,
- What are the Commonly Used
antibiotics in Chinese feed mills? What are the dosage and compatibility
features of antibiotics used for different livestock variety and different
growth stage feeds? What are the evaluations on antibiotics and attitudes
to antibiotics substitutes from feed mills?
- What are using process,
Commonly Used varieties, using purposes, costs and evaluations on
antibiotics from different-scale farms?
- How are the application status
and development potentials for antibiotics substitutes?
- What are the market performance
of most Commonly Used antibiotics and producers?
We selected feed mills, hog, poultry
and cow farms, antibiotics producers, distributors and experts as the main
targets of research, take questionnaire survey and interviews methods and
answer the questions above systematically. Main conclusions include:
- The Market Scale of antibiotics
used by feed mills is about 3.0-3.5 billion RMB. Of which, market scale of
antibiotics against gram-negative bacteria is about 0.5 billion RMB,
market scale of antibiotics against gram-positive bacteria and
broad-spectrum antibiotics are around 2.5-3.0 billion RMB.
- Addition cost of feeding
antibiotics in hog feed is the highest, average cost in compound feed is
about 20 RMB/ton. Addition cost of feeding antibiotics in broiler compound
feed is a bit lower, at 15-20 RMB/ton. Addition costs of feeding
antibiotics in layer and cow compound feeds are lowest, and even no
antibiotics in laying period and lactation feeds.
- The market volume of drugs for
farms is much larger than that for feed mills. Total drug expenditure of
hog, broiler, layer and cow farms is estimated at 28-30 billion RMB (by
farms expenditures) in 2012. Of which, Hog farm expenditure ranks highest,
covering 43%, broiler expenditure accounts for 33%, and drug costs of
layer and cow farms occupies 13% and 10%, respectively. For farms,
antibiotics costs cover 70-80% of the total drug expenditure, approximately.
- Average drug cost of fatten hog
is about 19 RMB/head (including sow’s cost), average drug cost of broiler
is about 1.5 RMB/bird, average drug cost of layer is about 1.9 RMB/bird,
and average annual drug cost of cow is around 193 RMB/head. Generally
speaking, unit drug cost of large-scale farms is less than that of
small-scale farms, owing to lower cure costs in large-scale farms.
- Enzyme is the most Commonly
Used antibiotics substitutes for feed mills, followed by Chinese herb
additives. While for farms, Chinese herb additive is the most popular
antibiotics substitute, come next is probiotics. Chinese herb additive and
probiotics are the most recognizable antibiotics substitutes by both feed
mills and farms.
- The total volume of animal
health market is about 40 billion RMB in 2012. Sales of the top 10
multinational animal health companies in China cover 14-15% of that, while
sales of the top 10 domestic animal health companies account for 12-13% in
total market volume.
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