New York State dairy veterinarians’ perceptions of antibiotic use and resistance: A qualitative interview study

Padda, Hannah; Wemette, Michelle; Safi, Amelia Greiner; Beauvais, Wendy; Shapiro, Michael A.; Moroni, P.; Ivanek, Renata

doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105428

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“…Without further investigation, we cannot say what exactly those concerns are. One conjecture is that consumers believe that drug administration leads to antibiotic residues on or in animal products that could contribute to consumer exposure to active antimicrobial agents [ 27 , 28 ]. However, the U.S. has strict regulations about antibiotic residues in animal products.…”

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Consumer perceptions of antimicrobial use in animal husbandry: A scoping review

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Antimicrobial use in animal agriculture is often perceived to play a role in the emerging threat of antimicrobial resistance. Increased consumer awareness of this issue places pressure on animal husbandry to adopt policies to reduce or eliminate antimicrobial use. We use a scoping review methodology to assess research on consumer perceptions of antimicrobial drugs in meat products in the United States, Canada, or the European Union. Evaluating peer-reviewed and grey literature, we included studies for assessment if they met these topical and geographic requirements, involved primary data collection, and were originally published in English. Our screening process identified 124 relevant studies. Three reviewers jointly developed a data charting form and independently charted the contents of the studies. Of the 105 studies that measured consumer concern, 77.1% found that consumers were concerned about antimicrobial use in meat production. A minority of studies (29.8% of all studies) queried why consumers hold these views. These studies found human health and animal welfare were the main reasons for concern. Antimicrobial resistance rarely registered as an explicit reason for concern. A smaller group of studies (23.3%) measured the personal characteristics of consumers that expressed concern about antimicrobials. Among these studies, the most common and consistent features of these consumers were gender, age, income, and education. Regarding the methodology used, studies tended to be dominated by either willingness-to-pay studies or Likert scale questionnaires (73.64% of all studies). We recommend consideration of qualitative research into consumer views on this topic, which may provide new perspectives that explain consumer decision-making and mentality that are lacking in the literature. In addition, more research into the difference between what consumers claim is of concern and their ultimate purchasing decisions would be especially valuable.

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“…In this scenario, veterinarians need to be part of building the understanding of AMR and in the search for solutions ( World Health Organization, 2015 ; Aenishaenslin et al, 2019 ; Bordier et al, 2020 ). In this regard, successful initiatives to reduce the use of antimicrobials in livestock production have been linked to the awareness of the factors that lead to the prescription of antimicrobials and the perceptions of veterinarians about the drivers toward resistance ( Zhuo et al, 2018 ; Norris et al, 2019 ; Truong et al, 2019 ; Taylor et al, 2020 ; Padda et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…The prioritization of the professional's experience instead of a decision based on investigation of both the disease causes and the results of antimicrobial resistance testing has also appeared in other studies. In this sense, the costs of such procedures and, mainly, the lack of accessibility to microbiological diagnostic services were mentioned as major bottlenecks ( Norris et al, 2019 ; Adam et al, 2020 ; Padda et al, 2021 ). For instance, Bourély et al (2018) pointed out that the lack of proximity between farms and diagnostic laboratories represents a delay factor in obtaining results and a reason for not performing antimicrobial resistance testing.…”

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“…A greater understanding of their beliefs and knowledge about antimicrobial use and AMR might provide insight into their prescribing behaviors and help to develop policies and strategies aiming at reducing antimicrobial use. Several studies carried out with veterinarians working in food animal production have resulted in highly variable outcomes; production type, professional experience, and country seem to influence these outcomes ( Norris et al, 2019 ; Truong et al, 2019 ; Llanos-Soto et al, 2021 ; Padda et al, 2021 ). It is noteworthy that only few studies have targeted veterinarians working in poultry production, especially in egg production ( Adam et al, 2019 ; Imam et al, 2020 ; Taylor et al, 2020 ).…”

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Perception of poultry veterinarians on the use of antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance in egg production

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“…Such findings indicate that producers who believe that current AMD use practices will make it harder to treat future livestock infections may have also employed good management strategies that include disease prevention and outbreak investigations, and the use of preventive alternatives, which may result in decreased AMD use on dairy farms. A study that surveyed the New York State dairy veterinarians’ perceptions of AMD use [ 25 ] reported that veterinarians in their study believed that AMD use could be reduced through improved herd management strategies. However, the veterinarians also stated that the biggest barrier to implementing these changes were financial.…”

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Factors Associated with Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices on California Dairies: One Year Post Senate Bill 27

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Background: The current study is aimed at identifying the factors associated with antimicrobial drug (AMD) use and stewardship practices on conventional California (CA) dairies a year after CA Senate Bill 27. Methods: Responses from 113 out of 1282 dairies mailed a questionnaire in 2019 were analyzed to estimate the associations between management practices and six outcomes including producer familiarity with medically important antimicrobial drugs (MIADs), restricted use of MIADs previously available over the counter (OTC), use of alternatives to AMD, changes in on-farm management practices, changes in AMD costs, and animal health status in dairies. Results: Producers who reported having a veterinarian–client–patient relationship (VCPR) and tracking AMD withdrawal intervals had greater odds of being familiar with the MIADs. Producers who began or increased the use of preventive alternatives to AMD in 2019 had higher odds (OR = 3.23, p = 0.04) of decreased use of MIADs previously available OTC compared to those who did not. Changes in management practices to prevent disease outbreak and the use of diagnostics to guide treatment were associated with producer-reported improved animal health. In addition, our study identified record keeping (associated with familiarity with MIADs), use of alternatives to AMD (associated with management changes to prevent diseases and decreased AMD costs), and use of diagnostics in treatment decisions (associated with reported better animal health) as factors associated with AMD stewardship. Conclusions: Our survey findings can be incorporated in outreach education materials to promote antimicrobial stewardship practices in dairies.

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New York State dairy veterinarians’ perceptions of antibiotic use and resistance: A qualitative interview study

Cited by 14 publications

References 20 publications

Consumer perceptions of antimicrobial use in animal husbandry: A scoping review

Consumer perceptions of antimicrobial use in animal husbandry: A scoping review

Perception of poultry veterinarians on the use of antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance in egg production

Factors Associated with Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices on California Dairies: One Year Post Senate Bill 27

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