Towards a bottom-up understanding of antimicrobial use and resistance on the farm: A knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey across livestock systems in five African countries.

Towards a bottom-up understanding of antimicrobial use and resistance on the farm: A knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey across livestock systems in five African countries.

The nutritional and economic potentials of livestock systems are compromised by the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance. A major driver of resistance is the misuse and abuse of antimicrobial drugs. The likelihood of misuse may be elevated in low- and middle-income countries where limite...

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Main Authors: Mark A Caudell, Alejandro Dorado-Garcia, Suzanne Eckford, Chris Creese, Denis K Byarugaba, Kofi Afakye, Tamara Chansa-Kabali, Folorunso O Fasina, Emmanuel Kabali, Stella Kiambi, Tabitha Kimani, Geoffrey Mainda, Peter E Mangesho, Francis Chimpangu, Kululeko Dube, Bashiru Boi Kikimoto, Eric Koka, Tendai Mugara, Bachana Rubegwa, Samuel Swiswa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220274

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220274

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