Influence of personal attitude of the manager on antibiotic use in pig production

Malik, J; Kaufmann, G; Hirsiger, P; Kümmerlen, D; Arnold, C; Spring, Peter; Sidler, X (2015). Influence of personal attitude of the manager on antibiotic use in pig production Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd, 157(12), pp. 675-681. Verlag Hans Huber 10.17236/sat00045

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The attitude as well as the expertise of a person affect the behavior and actions in daily life. To investigate the influence of attitude and knowledge of pig producers on the use of antibiotics in farms, 220 Swiss pig producers were questioned on health awareness, attitude towards sustainable production, risk behavior, intrinsic motivation and knowledge about antibiotics and resistance development. In addition, the strategy of antibiotic use (therapeutic or prophylactic) and the business practice (single or group therapy) for the amount of antibiotics on one hand and for the risk of antibiotic resistance development on the other hand, were determined in a personal interview. Farmers using antibiotics only therapeutically had a better business practice. A direct link between the personal attitude and the antibiotic use or a higher risk of development of antibiotic resistance was not found in this investigation.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Resource-efficient agricultural production systems School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Agriculture
Name:	Malik, J; Kaufmann, G; Hirsiger, P; Kümmerlen, D; Arnold, C; Spring, Peter and Sidler, X
Subjects:	Q Science > QL Zoology R Medicine > R Medicine (General) S Agriculture > SF Animal culture
ISSN:	0036-7281
Publisher:	Verlag Hans Huber
Language:	German
Submitter:	Simon Lutz
Date Deposited:	19 Feb 2020 15:34
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2020 15:34
Publisher DOI:	10.17236/sat00045
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.8527
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/8527