Background: With much effort from both vets and producers, antibiotic use in the pig sector has been reduced by 74 per cent since 2015, as reported by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (2023). That being said, there is still room for improvement and efforts must now be aligned to tackling areas of inappropriate antibiotic use rather than simply reductions in use. Previous research has identified significant differences in antibiotic use across different systems and so strategies to decrease use or improve antibitoic stewardship in the commercial sector may not be suitable for keepers of small numbers of pigs; contributing factors to inappropriate use across all systems must be understood and addressed.Aim of the article: In this article, the second in a two‐part series on working with small‐scale pig keepers, we discuss steps that supervising vets may take to encourage antibiotic stewardship on small‐scale pig holdings, from pet pigs to small‐scale producers. Part one of this series, published in last month's In Practice, provided advice and information regarding UK pig‐specific legislation.

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与小规模养猪户合作。第 2 部分：鼓励抗生素管理

背景：根据兽医药品管理局的报告（2023 年），经过兽医和生产商的大力努力，自 2015 年以来，养猪业的抗生素使用量已减少了 74%。话虽如此，仍有改进的空间，现在必须努力解决抗生素使用不当的问题，而不是简单地减少使用。先前的研究已经发现不同系统中抗生素的使用存在显着差异，因此减少商业部门抗生素使用或改善抗生素管理的策略可能不适合少量猪的饲养者；必须理解和解决所有系统中不当使用的影响因素。 本文的目的：在本文中，这是关于与小规模养猪户合作的两部分系列的第二篇文章，我们讨论了监督兽医可能采取的鼓励措施小规模养猪场（从宠物猪到小规模生产者）的抗生素管理。本系列的第一部分，发表于上个月的在实践中，提供了有关英国生猪特定立法的建议和信息。