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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices on Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance among Poultry Drug and Feed Sellers in Bangladesh

Poultry production has boomed in Bangladesh in recent years. The poultry sector has contributed significantly to meet the increased demand for animal source proteins in the country. However, increased use of antimicrobials appeared to be a significant threat to food safety in the poultry sector. The...

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Autores principales: Kalam, Md. Abul, Alim, Md. Abdul, Shano, Shahanaj, Nayem, Md. Raihan Khan, Badsha, Md. Rahim, Mamun, Md. Abdullah Al, Hoque, Ashraful, Tanzin, Abu Zubayer, Khan, Shahneaz Ali, Islam, Ariful, Islam, Md. Mazharul, Hassan, Mohammad Mahmudul
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8232782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34203812
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8060111
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author Kalam, Md. Abul
Alim, Md. Abdul
Shano, Shahanaj
Nayem, Md. Raihan Khan
Badsha, Md. Rahim
Mamun, Md. Abdullah Al
Hoque, Ashraful
Tanzin, Abu Zubayer
Khan, Shahneaz Ali
Islam, Ariful
Islam, Md. Mazharul
Hassan, Mohammad Mahmudul
author_facet Kalam, Md. Abul
Alim, Md. Abdul
Shano, Shahanaj
Nayem, Md. Raihan Khan
Badsha, Md. Rahim
Mamun, Md. Abdullah Al
Hoque, Ashraful
Tanzin, Abu Zubayer
Khan, Shahneaz Ali
Islam, Ariful
Islam, Md. Mazharul
Hassan, Mohammad Mahmudul
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description Poultry production has boomed in Bangladesh in recent years. The poultry sector has contributed significantly to meet the increased demand for animal source proteins in the country. However, increased use of antimicrobials appeared to be a significant threat to food safety in the poultry sector. The poultry drug and feed sellers are at the frontline position involving selecting and delivering the antimicrobials to the poultry farmers. Studies assessing the poultry drug and feed sellers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAPs) are limited. The current study aimed to assess the community poultry drug and feed sellers’ KAPs of antimicrobial use (AMU) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in some selected areas of Bangladesh. We determined the respondents’ (drug and the feed sellers) KAPs of AMU and AMR using a tested and paper-based questionnaire. The study demonstrated that most respondents have insufficient knowledge, less positive attitudes, and inappropriate practices regarding AMU and AMR. The factor score analysis further showed that the type of respondents and their years of experience, level of education, and training on the drug were the significant factors impacting the current knowledge, attitudes, and practices of AMU and AMR. The adjusted logistic regression analysis revealed that the drug sellers who completed their education up to 12th grade and had training on the drug had adequate knowledge of AMU and AMR. The data also showed that the drug sellers belong to the age group 31–35 and 36–40 years and who completed 12th grade had good attitudes on the same. Likewise, the analysis further determined that drug sellers belonging to the age category 18–25 and 26–30 years, and interestingly, the respondents who completed education up to 12th grade, had better practices. Spearman’s rank-order correlation revealed a positive association between each pair of the KAPs scores for the respondents. The correlation was fair between knowledge–attitudes, knowledge–practices, and attitudes–practices. Based on the current study results, we recommend educational interventions and appropriate training for the poultry drug and feed sellers to raise awareness and to upgrade their current knowledge on the appropriate use of antimicrobials. This will ultimately lead to reducing the chances of developing AMR in the poultry sectors of the country.
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spelling pubmed-82327822021-06-26 Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices on Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance among Poultry Drug and Feed Sellers in Bangladesh Kalam, Md. Abul Alim, Md. Abdul Shano, Shahanaj Nayem, Md. Raihan Khan Badsha, Md. Rahim Mamun, Md. Abdullah Al Hoque, Ashraful Tanzin, Abu Zubayer Khan, Shahneaz Ali Islam, Ariful Islam, Md. Mazharul Hassan, Mohammad Mahmudul Vet Sci Article Poultry production has boomed in Bangladesh in recent years. The poultry sector has contributed significantly to meet the increased demand for animal source proteins in the country. However, increased use of antimicrobials appeared to be a significant threat to food safety in the poultry sector. The poultry drug and feed sellers are at the frontline position involving selecting and delivering the antimicrobials to the poultry farmers. Studies assessing the poultry drug and feed sellers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAPs) are limited. The current study aimed to assess the community poultry drug and feed sellers’ KAPs of antimicrobial use (AMU) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in some selected areas of Bangladesh. We determined the respondents’ (drug and the feed sellers) KAPs of AMU and AMR using a tested and paper-based questionnaire. The study demonstrated that most respondents have insufficient knowledge, less positive attitudes, and inappropriate practices regarding AMU and AMR. The factor score analysis further showed that the type of respondents and their years of experience, level of education, and training on the drug were the significant factors impacting the current knowledge, attitudes, and practices of AMU and AMR. The adjusted logistic regression analysis revealed that the drug sellers who completed their education up to 12th grade and had training on the drug had adequate knowledge of AMU and AMR. The data also showed that the drug sellers belong to the age group 31–35 and 36–40 years and who completed 12th grade had good attitudes on the same. Likewise, the analysis further determined that drug sellers belonging to the age category 18–25 and 26–30 years, and interestingly, the respondents who completed education up to 12th grade, had better practices. Spearman’s rank-order correlation revealed a positive association between each pair of the KAPs scores for the respondents. The correlation was fair between knowledge–attitudes, knowledge–practices, and attitudes–practices. Based on the current study results, we recommend educational interventions and appropriate training for the poultry drug and feed sellers to raise awareness and to upgrade their current knowledge on the appropriate use of antimicrobials. This will ultimately lead to reducing the chances of developing AMR in the poultry sectors of the country. MDPI 2021-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8232782/ /pubmed/34203812 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8060111 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Kalam, Md. Abul
Alim, Md. Abdul
Shano, Shahanaj
Nayem, Md. Raihan Khan
Badsha, Md. Rahim
Mamun, Md. Abdullah Al
Hoque, Ashraful
Tanzin, Abu Zubayer
Khan, Shahneaz Ali
Islam, Ariful
Islam, Md. Mazharul
Hassan, Mohammad Mahmudul
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices on Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance among Poultry Drug and Feed Sellers in Bangladesh
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title_full Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices on Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance among Poultry Drug and Feed Sellers in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices on Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance among Poultry Drug and Feed Sellers in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices on Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance among Poultry Drug and Feed Sellers in Bangladesh
title_short Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices on Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance among Poultry Drug and Feed Sellers in Bangladesh
title_sort knowledge, attitude, and practices on antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance among poultry drug and feed sellers in bangladesh
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8232782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34203812
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8060111
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