Antibiotic use in pig farms at different levels of intensification-Farmers' practices in northeastern Thailand

Sammanfattning

Understanding the patterns and drivers of antibiotic use in livestock is crucial for tailoring efficient incentives for responsible use of antibiotics. Here we compared routines for antibiotic use between pig farms of two different levels of intensification in Khon Kaen province in Thailand. Among the 113 family-owned small-scale farms (up to 50 sows) interviewed did 76% get advice from the pharmacy about how to use the antibiotics and 84% used it primarily for treating disease. Among the 51 medium-scale-farms (100-500 sows) belonging to two companies did 100% get advice about antibiotic use from the company's veterinarian (P

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PLoS ONE
2020, volym: 15, nummer: 12, artikelnummer: e0243099
Utgivare: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE

SLU författare

• Ström Hallenberg, Gunilla

  • Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Jiwakanon, Jatesada

  • Khon Kaen University

• Osbjer, Kristina

  • Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Lunha, Kamonwan

  • Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Magnusson, Ulf

  • Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

AMR: Bakterier

UKÄ forskningsämne

Klinisk vetenskap

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243099

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