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pig cattle ** poultry total Fattening broilers Rearing turkeys (Combi) Fattening turkeys (Combi) Rearing turkeys Fattening turkeys Fattening pigs Sows Suckling pigs Rearing piglets 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 January 2014 January 2019 January 2015 January 2016 January 2017 January 2018 January 2014 January 2019 January 2015 January 2016 January 2017 January 2018 Comparison of the antibiotic quantities (in tonnes) used in 2014 and 2018* Antibiotics monitoring Development of the QS therapy indices poultry and pig (3rd quartile)*** Value exceeded by 25 % of companies *** Data refers to antibiotic quantities in Germany * includes data for the 2nd half of each year ** Qualitätssicherung. Vom Landwirt bis zur Ladentheke. QS Qualität und Sicherheit GmbH Managing Director: Dr. H.-J. Nienho , Schedestraße 1-3, 53113 Bonn, Tel. +49 228 35068-0 , info@q-s.de , veterinarians are registered for the QS antibiotics monitoring. Based on the data repor- ted by them, the therapy index has been calculated. The antibiotic quantities are recorded by , domestic and foreign veterinarians from nations. For this purpose, domestic and foreign preparations are stored in the QS antibiotics database. Since 2014, the amount of antibiotics used in the QS scheme has been reduced by . % . The largest decrease was in pig farming with . % .