The Impacts of Animal Health Service Providers on Antimicrobial Use Attitudes and Practices: An Examination of Poultry Layer Farmers in Ghana and Kenya

Antibiotics

Eric Koka¹  Emmanuel Kabali²  Alejandro Dorado-Garcia²  Kofi Afakye³  Ann Amoah³  Benjamin Adjei³  Stella Kiambi⁴  Tabitha Kimani⁴  Mark A Caudell⁴ 

[1] Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast 5007, Ghana;Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 00153 Rome, Italy;Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Accra 1628, Ghana;Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Nairobi 00100, Kenya;

关键词: antimicrobial use;    poultry farming;    health seeking;    Ghana;    Kenya;    antimicrobial resistance;   

DOI  :  10.3390/antibiotics9090554

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

: International organizations and governments have argued that animal health service providers can play a vital role in limiting antimicrobial resistance by promoting the prudent use of antimicrobials. However, there is little research on the impact of these service providers on prudent use at the farm level, especially in low- and middle-income countries where enforcement of prudent-use regulations is limited. Here, we use a mixed-methods approach to assess how animal health-seeking practices on layer farms in Ghana (n = 110) and Kenya (n = 76) impact self-reported antimicrobial usage, engagement in prudent administration and withdrawal practices and perceptions of antimicrobial resistance. In general, our results show that the frequency of health-seeking across a range of service providers (veterinarians, agrovets, and feed distributors) does not significantly correlate with prudent or non-prudent use practices or the levels of antimicrobials used. Instead, we find that patterns of antimicrobial use are linked to how much farmers invest in biosecurity (e.g., footbaths) and the following vaccination protocols. Our results emphasize that more research is required to understand the interactions between animal health service providers and farmers regarding antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance. Addressing these gaps will be crucial to inform antimicrobial stewardship training, curriculums and, guidelines whose ultimate purpose is to limit the selection and transmission of antimicrobial resistance.

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