Cargando…

Understanding Antibiotic Resistance as a Perceived Threat towards Dairy Cattle through Beliefs and Practices: A Survey-Based Study of Dairy Farmers

Antibiotic use is an important component in dairy herd management both to treat bacterial diseases and to maximize animal welfare. However, there is concern among scientists that antibiotic misuse and/or overuse by farmers might promote the emergence of resistant pathogens. We conducted a cross-sect...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Casseri, Eleni, Bulut, Ece, Llanos Soto, Sebastian, Wemette, Michelle, Stout, Alison, Greiner Safi, Amelia, Lynch, Robert, Moroni, Paolo, Ivanek, Renata
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9330383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35892387
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11080997
_version_ 1784758147241476096
author Casseri, Eleni
Bulut, Ece
Llanos Soto, Sebastian
Wemette, Michelle
Stout, Alison
Greiner Safi, Amelia
Lynch, Robert
Moroni, Paolo
Ivanek, Renata
author_facet Casseri, Eleni
Bulut, Ece
Llanos Soto, Sebastian
Wemette, Michelle
Stout, Alison
Greiner Safi, Amelia
Lynch, Robert
Moroni, Paolo
Ivanek, Renata
author_sort Casseri, Eleni
collection PubMed
description Antibiotic use is an important component in dairy herd management both to treat bacterial diseases and to maximize animal welfare. However, there is concern among scientists that antibiotic misuse and/or overuse by farmers might promote the emergence of resistant pathogens. We conducted a cross-sectional web-based questionnaire study with dairy farmers/managers in New York, USA to evaluate their (i) level of concern about antibiotic resistance and (ii) interest in adopting new judicious antibiotic use practices regarding mastitis treatment. A total of 118 responses were subjected to statistical analysis. The findings revealed that nearly half (45%) of study participants were undecided or disagreed that antibiotic resistance due to antibiotic use in dairy farming may negatively impact the health of dairy cattle. In contrast, the majority (78%) of participants self-reported that they do not treat with antibiotics at the first sign of mastitis, and the majority (66%) have either fully or partially implemented culture-based mastitis treatment on their farm. The self-reported adoption of culture-based mastitis treatment practices was statistically significantly associated with higher numbers of injectable and intramammary doses of antibiotics used on the participants’ farms. These findings will aid future research investigations on how to promote sustainable antibiotic use practices in dairy cattle.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9330383
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-93303832022-07-29 Understanding Antibiotic Resistance as a Perceived Threat towards Dairy Cattle through Beliefs and Practices: A Survey-Based Study of Dairy Farmers Casseri, Eleni Bulut, Ece Llanos Soto, Sebastian Wemette, Michelle Stout, Alison Greiner Safi, Amelia Lynch, Robert Moroni, Paolo Ivanek, Renata Antibiotics (Basel) Brief Report Antibiotic use is an important component in dairy herd management both to treat bacterial diseases and to maximize animal welfare. However, there is concern among scientists that antibiotic misuse and/or overuse by farmers might promote the emergence of resistant pathogens. We conducted a cross-sectional web-based questionnaire study with dairy farmers/managers in New York, USA to evaluate their (i) level of concern about antibiotic resistance and (ii) interest in adopting new judicious antibiotic use practices regarding mastitis treatment. A total of 118 responses were subjected to statistical analysis. The findings revealed that nearly half (45%) of study participants were undecided or disagreed that antibiotic resistance due to antibiotic use in dairy farming may negatively impact the health of dairy cattle. In contrast, the majority (78%) of participants self-reported that they do not treat with antibiotics at the first sign of mastitis, and the majority (66%) have either fully or partially implemented culture-based mastitis treatment on their farm. The self-reported adoption of culture-based mastitis treatment practices was statistically significantly associated with higher numbers of injectable and intramammary doses of antibiotics used on the participants’ farms. These findings will aid future research investigations on how to promote sustainable antibiotic use practices in dairy cattle. MDPI 2022-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9330383/ /pubmed/35892387 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11080997 Text en © 2022 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/).
spellingShingle Brief Report
Casseri, Eleni
Bulut, Ece
Llanos Soto, Sebastian
Wemette, Michelle
Stout, Alison
Greiner Safi, Amelia
Lynch, Robert
Moroni, Paolo
Ivanek, Renata
Understanding Antibiotic Resistance as a Perceived Threat towards Dairy Cattle through Beliefs and Practices: A Survey-Based Study of Dairy Farmers
title Understanding Antibiotic Resistance as a Perceived Threat towards Dairy Cattle through Beliefs and Practices: A Survey-Based Study of Dairy Farmers
title_full Understanding Antibiotic Resistance as a Perceived Threat towards Dairy Cattle through Beliefs and Practices: A Survey-Based Study of Dairy Farmers
title_fullStr Understanding Antibiotic Resistance as a Perceived Threat towards Dairy Cattle through Beliefs and Practices: A Survey-Based Study of Dairy Farmers
title_full_unstemmed Understanding Antibiotic Resistance as a Perceived Threat towards Dairy Cattle through Beliefs and Practices: A Survey-Based Study of Dairy Farmers
title_short Understanding Antibiotic Resistance as a Perceived Threat towards Dairy Cattle through Beliefs and Practices: A Survey-Based Study of Dairy Farmers
title_sort understanding antibiotic resistance as a perceived threat towards dairy cattle through beliefs and practices: a survey-based study of dairy farmers
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9330383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35892387
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11080997
work_keys_str_mv AT casserieleni understandingantibioticresistanceasaperceivedthreattowardsdairycattlethroughbeliefsandpracticesasurveybasedstudyofdairyfarmers
AT bulutece understandingantibioticresistanceasaperceivedthreattowardsdairycattlethroughbeliefsandpracticesasurveybasedstudyofdairyfarmers
AT llanossotosebastian understandingantibioticresistanceasaperceivedthreattowardsdairycattlethroughbeliefsandpracticesasurveybasedstudyofdairyfarmers
AT wemettemichelle understandingantibioticresistanceasaperceivedthreattowardsdairycattlethroughbeliefsandpracticesasurveybasedstudyofdairyfarmers
AT stoutalison understandingantibioticresistanceasaperceivedthreattowardsdairycattlethroughbeliefsandpracticesasurveybasedstudyofdairyfarmers
AT greinersafiamelia understandingantibioticresistanceasaperceivedthreattowardsdairycattlethroughbeliefsandpracticesasurveybasedstudyofdairyfarmers
AT lynchrobert understandingantibioticresistanceasaperceivedthreattowardsdairycattlethroughbeliefsandpracticesasurveybasedstudyofdairyfarmers
AT moronipaolo understandingantibioticresistanceasaperceivedthreattowardsdairycattlethroughbeliefsandpracticesasurveybasedstudyofdairyfarmers
AT ivanekrenata understandingantibioticresistanceasaperceivedthreattowardsdairycattlethroughbeliefsandpracticesasurveybasedstudyofdairyfarmers