Bovine veterinarians’ knowledge, beliefs, and practices regarding antibiotic resistance on Ohio dairy farms

• Published in: Journal of dairy science Vol. 92; no. 7; pp. 3494 - 3502
• Main Authors: Cattaneo, A.A., Wilson, R., Doohan, D., LeJeune, J.T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.07.2009; American Dairy Science Association; Am Dairy Sci Assoc; Elsevier
• Subjects: animal health; Animal productions; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; attitudes and opinions; Bacterial Infections; Bacterial Infections - drug therapy; Bacterial Infections - veterinary; beliefs; Biological and medical sciences; bovine veterinarian; Cattle; Culture; Dairy cattle; Dairy farms; dairy herds; Dairying; Drug Resistance, Microbial; drug therapy; Food industries; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; knowledge; Milk and cheese industries. Ice creams; Ohio; risk communication; selection pressures; statistics & numerical data; Terrestrial animal productions; therapeutic use; Vertebrates; veterinarians; Veterinarians - statistics & numerical data; veterinary; veterinary medicine; Ohio; antibiotic resistance; bovine veterinarian; risk communication; Bovine; Risk; Knowledge; Resistance; Vertebrata; Antibiotic; Mammalia; Dairy industry; Artiodactyla; Ungulata
• ISSN: 0022-0302; 1525-3198; 1525-3198
• DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1575

The perceptions, knowledge, and gaps in the knowledge of Ohio bovine veterinarians about antibiotic resistance (ABR) issues were systematically determined. In-depth interviews of 10 bovine practitioners in Ohio were completed to inform the development of a survey that was subsequently distributed to...