Table 2 Chinese and US poultry industry comparisons
From: Antimicrobial use in Chinese swine and broiler poultry production
| Â | 2000 | 2012 | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
China | Â | Â | Â |
Poultry Inventory* | 3,500,000,000 | 5,300,000,000 | 51.4 |
Laying Hens | 1,895,000,000 | 2,620,000,000 | 38.3 |
No slaughtered | 6,237,038,000 | 9,178,430,000 | 47.2 |
Carcass weight (kg) | 1.35 | 1.38 | 2.2 |
Production (tonnes) | 8,426,862 | 12,667,151 | 50.3 |
Offtake rate | 1.78 | 1.73 | -2.8 |
Prod (kg)/Invent | 2.41 | 2.39 | -0.7 |
USA | Â | Â | Â |
Poultry Inventory* | 1,860,000,000 | 1,929,600,000 | 3.7 |
Laying Hens | 328,300,000 | 339,698,000 | 3.5 |
No slaughtered | 8,470,387,000 | 8,650,779,000 | 2.1 |
Carcass weight (kg) | 1.65 | 1.97 | 19.6 |
Production (tonnes) | 13,947,000 | 17,038,000 | 22.2 |
Offtake rate | 4.55 | 4.48 | -1.6 |
Prod (kg)/Invent | 7.50 | 8.83 | 17.8 |
China/USA (%) | Â | Â | Â |
Carcass weight | 82.1 | 70.1 | -14.6 |
Offtake rate | 39.1 | 38.6 | -1.3 |
Prod (kg)/invent | 32.1 | 27.1 | -15.7 |