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Livestock producers' knowledge, attitude, and behavior (KAB) regarding antimicrobial use in Ethiopia

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Title Livestock producers' knowledge, attitude, and behavior (KAB) regarding antimicrobial use in Ethiopia
 
Creator Tufa, T.B.
Regassa, F.
Amenu, Kebede
Stegeman, J.A.
Hogeveen, H.
 
Subject antimicrobial resistance
livestock
animal production
 
Description Introduction: Inappropriate antimicrobial use (AMU) in livestock production is an important aspect of the global burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In Ethiopia, a low-income country with a large and increasing livestock population, AMU in food animals is not properly regulated. Hence, farmers are fully free to use antimicrobials to their (perceived) benefit. Therefore, understanding farmers' mindsets is important to improve antimicrobial stewardship in the livestock sector.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess livestock disease management practices and knowledge, attitude, and behavior (KAB) among livestock producers regarding AMU, residues, and resistance, as well as factors potentially explaining differences in KAB. We determined the KAB of livestock owners of three selected districts of central and western Ethiopia (n = 457), using a pretested questionnaire administered through face-to-face interviews. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between potential explanatory variables and the KAB scores of the respondents.

Results: The results showed that 44% of the farmers used antimicrobials in the past few years, where antibiotics (21%) and trypanocides (11%) were most widely used to manage livestock diseases. Furthermore, most farmers showed poor knowledge about AMU, residues, and AMR (94%) and unfavorable attitudes (
 
Date 2023-05-19
2023-05-20T14:44:07Z
2023-05-20T14:44:07Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Tufa, T.B., Regassa, F., Amenu, K., Stegeman, J.A. and Hogeveen, H. 2023. Livestock producers' knowledge, attitude, and behavior (KAB) regarding antimicrobial use in Ethiopia. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 10: 1167847.
2297-1769
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130456
https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1167847
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 1167847
 
Publisher Frontiers Media
 
Source Frontiers in Veterinary Science