Drivers of antibiotic use in semi-intensive poultry farms: Evidence from a survey in Senegal

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicineen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUK Health Security Agencyen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Copenhagenen
cg.contributor.affiliationMinistry of Livestock and Animal Products, Senegalen
cg.contributor.donorJoint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistanceen
cg.contributor.donorMedical Research Council, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorSwedish International Development Cooperation Agencyen
cg.coverage.countrySenegal
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SN
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierMichel Dione: 0000-0001-7812-5776en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.dataurlhttps://github.com/Trescovia/AMUSE-SEFASI-Sharingen
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12030460en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2079-6382en
cg.issue3en
cg.journalAntibioticsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriAMRen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.ilriPOULTRYen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen
cg.volume12en
dc.contributor.authorEmes, E.en
dc.contributor.authorFaye, Adioumaen
dc.contributor.authorNaylor, N.en
dc.contributor.authorBelay, D.en
dc.contributor.authorNgom, B.en
dc.contributor.authorFall, A.G.en
dc.contributor.authorKnight, G.en
dc.contributor.authorDione, Michel M.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-28T08:48:30Zen
dc.date.available2023-02-28T08:48:30Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/129080
dc.titleDrivers of antibiotic use in semi-intensive poultry farms: Evidence from a survey in Senegalen
dcterms.abstractAntimicrobial resistance (AMR), the capacity of microbial pathogens to survive in the presence of antimicrobials, is considered one of the greatest threats to human health worldwide and is growing rapidly in importance. AMR is thought to be driven in part by the use of antimicrobials (AMU) in livestock production. AMU reduction in agriculture is therefore important, but doing so may endanger farmers’ incomes and hamper broader food security. Understanding the drivers for farmers’ antibiotics use is essential for designing interventions which avoid harming agricultural output and to safeguard farmers’ economic security. In this study, we analyse AMUSE survey data from poultry farmers in Senegal to explore the effects of vaccination, attitudes towards AMR, and biosecurity practices on: AMU, animal mortality, and farm productivity. We found that farmers with more “AMR-aware” attitudes may be less likely to use antibiotics in healthy birds. Stronger on-farm biosecurity was associated with less use of antibiotics in healthy birds, and in some specifications was linked to higher broiler productivity. Vaccination and AMU were both higher in farms with a higher disease prevalence, and both factors appeared conducive to higher broiler productivity. Overall, there is evidence that awareness raising and biosecurity improvements could encourage prudent use of antibiotics, and that biosecurity and vaccination could to some extent replace antibiotic use as productivity-enhancing and disease management tools in broiler farms. Finally, issues of farm antimicrobial stewardship must be considered at the structural level, with farm behaviours contingent on interaction with state and private stakeholders.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2023-02-24en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationEmes, E., Faye, A., Naylor, N., Belay, D., Ngom, B., Fall, A.G., Knight, G. and Dione, M. 2023. Drivers of antibiotic use in semi-intensive poultry farms: Evidence from a survey in Senegal. Antibiotics 12(3): 460.en
dcterms.extent460en
dcterms.issued2023-02-24en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherMDPIen
dcterms.subjectantimicrobial resistanceen
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen
dcterms.subjectpoultryen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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