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Use of antibiotics in poultry and poultry farmers- a cross-sectional survey in Pakistan

BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) which has been ascribed to be due to community carriage of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is highly prevalent in the WHO South-East Asia region. One of the major reasons for this is the misuse of antibiotics in animal farming practices and at the community l...

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Autores principales: Habiba, Um e, Khan, Amjad, Mmbaga, Elia John, Green, Ivan Robert, Asaduzzaman, Muhammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10366442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37497033
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1154668
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author Habiba, Um e
Khan, Amjad
Mmbaga, Elia John
Green, Ivan Robert
Asaduzzaman, Muhammad
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Khan, Amjad
Mmbaga, Elia John
Green, Ivan Robert
Asaduzzaman, Muhammad
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description BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) which has been ascribed to be due to community carriage of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is highly prevalent in the WHO South-East Asia region. One of the major reasons for this is the misuse of antibiotics in animal farming practices and at the community level, which threatens both human and animal health. However, this problem of antibiotic misuse in poultry farms and in respective farmers is not well studied in countries like Pakistan. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study in rural Punjab to explore the current practices of antibiotic use in poultry and poultry farmers, associated factors, their healthcare-seeking behavior and biosecurity practices. RESULTS: In the context of antibiotic use for poultry, 60% comprised of Colistin sulfate and Amoxicillin trihydrate whereas Colistin is considered as the last resort antibiotic. In addition, the significant consumption of antibiotics in poultry farms (60%) and poultry farmers (50%) was without prescription by either human health physicians or veterinarians. Most of the farms (85%) had no wastewater drainage system, which resulted in the direct shedding of poultry waste and antibiotic residue into the surrounding environment. The lack of farmers’ education, professional farm training and farming experience were the most significant factors associated with antibiotic use and knowledge of AMR. CONCLUSION: Our study findings show that it is necessary for an integrated AMR policy with the inclusion of all poultry farmers to be educated, a mass awareness program to be undertaken and that strict antibiotic usage guidelines be available to them. Such initiatives are also important to ensure food safety and farm biosecurity practices.
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spelling pubmed-103664422023-07-26 Use of antibiotics in poultry and poultry farmers- a cross-sectional survey in Pakistan Habiba, Um e Khan, Amjad Mmbaga, Elia John Green, Ivan Robert Asaduzzaman, Muhammad Front Public Health Public Health BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) which has been ascribed to be due to community carriage of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is highly prevalent in the WHO South-East Asia region. One of the major reasons for this is the misuse of antibiotics in animal farming practices and at the community level, which threatens both human and animal health. However, this problem of antibiotic misuse in poultry farms and in respective farmers is not well studied in countries like Pakistan. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study in rural Punjab to explore the current practices of antibiotic use in poultry and poultry farmers, associated factors, their healthcare-seeking behavior and biosecurity practices. RESULTS: In the context of antibiotic use for poultry, 60% comprised of Colistin sulfate and Amoxicillin trihydrate whereas Colistin is considered as the last resort antibiotic. In addition, the significant consumption of antibiotics in poultry farms (60%) and poultry farmers (50%) was without prescription by either human health physicians or veterinarians. Most of the farms (85%) had no wastewater drainage system, which resulted in the direct shedding of poultry waste and antibiotic residue into the surrounding environment. The lack of farmers’ education, professional farm training and farming experience were the most significant factors associated with antibiotic use and knowledge of AMR. CONCLUSION: Our study findings show that it is necessary for an integrated AMR policy with the inclusion of all poultry farmers to be educated, a mass awareness program to be undertaken and that strict antibiotic usage guidelines be available to them. Such initiatives are also important to ensure food safety and farm biosecurity practices. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10366442/ /pubmed/37497033 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1154668 Text en Copyright © 2023 Habiba, Khan, Mmbaga, Green and Asaduzzaman. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Habiba, Um e
Khan, Amjad
Mmbaga, Elia John
Green, Ivan Robert
Asaduzzaman, Muhammad
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title Use of antibiotics in poultry and poultry farmers- a cross-sectional survey in Pakistan
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title_fullStr Use of antibiotics in poultry and poultry farmers- a cross-sectional survey in Pakistan
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title_short Use of antibiotics in poultry and poultry farmers- a cross-sectional survey in Pakistan
title_sort use of antibiotics in poultry and poultry farmers- a cross-sectional survey in pakistan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10366442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37497033
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1154668
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