The EU used an average of 43.8 mg per kg biomass. (Biomass is the total weight of all livestock in the country). Consumption in Danish livestock production was 20.1 mg per kg biomass, which means that Danish consumption is less than half the European average.  

The figures for both Danish and EU consumption are significantly lower than the recorded consumption in 2022. However, this is not an actual decline, but due to the change in calculation method.

In 2018, it was decided that antibiotic consumption in livestock should be halved by 2030. and since 2018, consumption has fallen by 25%.  This is not due to a change in the calculation method, as that has been accounted for in the analysis. Denmark was already below the 2030 target in 2018.

It was intended that the new report should contain data on consumption per animal species, but the data quality was not good enough to produce reliable calculations per animal species. Only a few countries, including Denmark, can provide data of a quality that allows for comparison. It has therefore been decided not to publish these statistics.

The report has not published raw data on the consumption of the critically important antibiotics, fluoroquinolones, 3^rd and 4^th generation cephalosporins and colistin. But a graphical presentation of consumption (pictured) shows that the consumption of fluoroquinolones, 3^rd and 4^th generation cephalosporins and colistin in Denmark is so low that it cannot be read. There is a modest consumption of ordinary quinolones for aquaculture. Ensuring that the consumption of the critically important antibiotics remains very low is important as they are crucial in the treatment of infections in humans.