Quantification of antimicrobial use in Fijian livestock farms
| Autor: | Rosemary Lim, P. Ray, Caroline Rymer, X. Khan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Medicine (General)
business.industry animal diseases Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Antimicrobial Farm enterprises Agricultural science Antimicrobial use Infectious Diseases Antibiotic resistance Antibiotic use in livestock Geography R5-920 Agriculture Quantification Farming systems Antimicrobial stewardship Fiji Livestock Antibiotic use business |
| Zdroj: | One Health, Vol 13, Iss, Pp 100326-(2021) |
| ISSN: | 2352-7714 |
| Popis: | Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to humans and animals globally. Antimicrobial stewardship has been acknowledged as a primary strategy to tackle AMR. An important first step for antimicrobial stewardship is to quantify antimicrobial use (AMU). In Fiji, there are currently no data on AMU in livestock farms. This study aimed to quantify AMU in different livestock enterprises (beef, dairy, broiler, and layer) and farming systems (backyard, semi-commercial and commercial) in Central and Western divisions of Viti Levu, Fiji. A survey with 210 livestock farmers and 26 managers representing 276 enterprises was conducted between May and September 2019. The difference in AMU between different livestock enterprises and farming systems was investigated using ANOVA. In Fiji, the estimated annual antibiotic use in livestock was lower than the global average (44 compared with 118 mg/PCU). However, this use was concentrated in 56% of participant farms (the remaining 44% did not use antimicrobials). Total estimated quarterly anthelmintic use (20,797 mg) was not affected by farming systems but was highest (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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