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Knowledge and Practices on Antibiotic Use and Antibiotic Resistance Among Smallholder Pig Farmers in Timor-Leste
Antibiotic resistance is an emerging global health threat which is linked to the overuse and misuse of antibiotics. This study was conducted to understand the knowledge and practices of smallholder pig farmers on antibiotic use and resistance in Timor-Leste. A cross-sectional study using a structure...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8770917/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35071400 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.819643 |
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author | Ting, Shawn Pereira, Abrao Davis, Steven Vong da Silva, Paulo Gabriel Alves, Amalia Dos Santos, Cristibela Toribio, Jenny-Ann L. M. L. Morais, Olavio da Costa Jong, Joanita Bendita Barnes, Tamsin S. |
author_facet | Ting, Shawn Pereira, Abrao Davis, Steven Vong da Silva, Paulo Gabriel Alves, Amalia Dos Santos, Cristibela Toribio, Jenny-Ann L. M. L. Morais, Olavio da Costa Jong, Joanita Bendita Barnes, Tamsin S. |
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description | Antibiotic resistance is an emerging global health threat which is linked to the overuse and misuse of antibiotics. This study was conducted to understand the knowledge and practices of smallholder pig farmers on antibiotic use and resistance in Timor-Leste. A cross-sectional study using a structured face-to-face interview was conducted in three municipalities. The interview was piloted and implemented in the local Tetun language. This study found that knowledge of antibiotics was very poor as only 12.7% (95% CI: 6.3–23.9) of farmers reported knowing what antibiotics were, and of these only one was able to correctly explain how an antibiotic worked. None of the farmers knew about antibiotic resistance and were able to explain the concept correctly. After the definition of antibiotic was explained to the farmer, only 3.6% (95% CI: 0.8–14.9) reported that their pigs had ever received antibiotics, and the majority of farmers whose pigs had not received antibiotics reported the lack of access to veterinary services. When used, antibiotics were only used for treatment with no reported use for disease prevention or growth promotion. None of the commonly used antibiotics were critically important antimicrobials. Compliance with withdrawal periods was not routinely followed. There is a need to improve access to government veterinary services for farmers in Timor-Leste, while addressing identified knowledge gaps on antibiotics and promoting prudent use practices. The findings from this study serve as baseline information to inform future interventions. |
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spelling | pubmed-87709172022-01-21 Knowledge and Practices on Antibiotic Use and Antibiotic Resistance Among Smallholder Pig Farmers in Timor-Leste Ting, Shawn Pereira, Abrao Davis, Steven Vong da Silva, Paulo Gabriel Alves, Amalia Dos Santos, Cristibela Toribio, Jenny-Ann L. M. L. Morais, Olavio da Costa Jong, Joanita Bendita Barnes, Tamsin S. Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science Antibiotic resistance is an emerging global health threat which is linked to the overuse and misuse of antibiotics. This study was conducted to understand the knowledge and practices of smallholder pig farmers on antibiotic use and resistance in Timor-Leste. A cross-sectional study using a structured face-to-face interview was conducted in three municipalities. The interview was piloted and implemented in the local Tetun language. This study found that knowledge of antibiotics was very poor as only 12.7% (95% CI: 6.3–23.9) of farmers reported knowing what antibiotics were, and of these only one was able to correctly explain how an antibiotic worked. None of the farmers knew about antibiotic resistance and were able to explain the concept correctly. After the definition of antibiotic was explained to the farmer, only 3.6% (95% CI: 0.8–14.9) reported that their pigs had ever received antibiotics, and the majority of farmers whose pigs had not received antibiotics reported the lack of access to veterinary services. When used, antibiotics were only used for treatment with no reported use for disease prevention or growth promotion. None of the commonly used antibiotics were critically important antimicrobials. Compliance with withdrawal periods was not routinely followed. There is a need to improve access to government veterinary services for farmers in Timor-Leste, while addressing identified knowledge gaps on antibiotics and promoting prudent use practices. The findings from this study serve as baseline information to inform future interventions. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8770917/ /pubmed/35071400 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.819643 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ting, Pereira, Davis, Vong da Silva, Alves, Dos Santos, Toribio, Morais, da Costa Jong and Barnes. 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. |
spellingShingle | Veterinary Science Ting, Shawn Pereira, Abrao Davis, Steven Vong da Silva, Paulo Gabriel Alves, Amalia Dos Santos, Cristibela Toribio, Jenny-Ann L. M. L. Morais, Olavio da Costa Jong, Joanita Bendita Barnes, Tamsin S. Knowledge and Practices on Antibiotic Use and Antibiotic Resistance Among Smallholder Pig Farmers in Timor-Leste |
title | Knowledge and Practices on Antibiotic Use and Antibiotic Resistance Among Smallholder Pig Farmers in Timor-Leste |
title_full | Knowledge and Practices on Antibiotic Use and Antibiotic Resistance Among Smallholder Pig Farmers in Timor-Leste |
title_fullStr | Knowledge and Practices on Antibiotic Use and Antibiotic Resistance Among Smallholder Pig Farmers in Timor-Leste |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge and Practices on Antibiotic Use and Antibiotic Resistance Among Smallholder Pig Farmers in Timor-Leste |
title_short | Knowledge and Practices on Antibiotic Use and Antibiotic Resistance Among Smallholder Pig Farmers in Timor-Leste |
title_sort | knowledge and practices on antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance among smallholder pig farmers in timor-leste |
topic | Veterinary Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8770917/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35071400 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.819643 |
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