1541. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of a typical course of antibiotics on a typical pig farm; the illnesses that these medications are designed to either treat or prevent; the comparative figure in percentage terms of antibiotic use within a free range or organic pig farm as opposed to a factory farm; the specific animal welfare interventions that are in place to improve overall animal health and thereby reduce the need to use antibiotics; the reason antibiotic use data has been received from only 121 herds of interest out of approximately 350 that are required to submit data; and the penalties that exist for producers that fail to submit this data. [33682/20]

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1541. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of a typical course of antibiotics on a typical pig farm; the illnesses that these medications are designed to either treat or prevent; the comparative figure in percentage terms of antibiotic use within a free range or organic pig farm as opposed to a factory farm; the specific animal welfare interventions that are in place to improve overall animal health and thereby reduce the need to use antibiotics; the reason antibiotic use data has been received from only 121 herds of interest out of approximately 350 that are required to submit data; and the penalties that exist for producers that fail to submit this data. [33682/20]

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