Nutrition and Dietetics, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Population Health Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Vet Rec. 2020 Mar 21;186(11):349. doi: 10.1136/vr.105455. Epub 2020 Feb 20.
In a previous study, we found that rates of antibiotic residues in goat carcasses in Missouri were three times the published national average, warranting further research in this area.
We conducted a cross-sectional survey of goat veterinarians to determine attitudes and practices regarding antibiotics, recruiting 725 veterinarians listed on the American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners (AASRP) website and 64 Missouri Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA) veterinarians.
We collected 189 responses (26.1%) from AASRP members (170 valid) and 8 (12.5%) from MVMA veterinarians totalling 178 responses. While the vast majority of all veterinarians indicated that they prescribed antibiotics less than half of the time, Missouri veterinarians indicated that they spent more time treating goats for overt disease like intestinal parasites and less time on proactive practices such as reproductive herd health management comparatively. While veterinarians agreed that antibiotic resistance was a growing concern, veterinarians outside of Missouri seemed more confident that their own prescription practices was not a contributor. Although nationally most veterinarians felt that attending continuing education classes was beneficial, 73.4% in other states attended classes on antibiotic use compared to only four of the nine Missouri veterinarians.
Missouri veterinarians had less veterinary experience than veterinarians in other states, and this, in conjunction with low continuing education requirements in Missouri relative to most other states, may hinder development of more proactive and effective client-veterinary relationships.
在之前的一项研究中，我们发现密苏里州山羊胴体中的抗生素残留率是全国公布平均水平的三倍，这表明需要在该领域进行进一步的研究。
我们对山羊兽医进行了横断面调查，以确定他们对抗生素的态度和实践，我们招募了美国小型反刍动物从业者协会（AASRP）网站上列出的 725 名兽医和 64 名密苏里州兽医医疗协会（MVMA）兽医。
我们从 AASRP 成员中收集了 189 份回复（26.1%）（170 份有效）和 8 份 MVMA 兽医的回复，总计 178 份回复。尽管绝大多数兽医表示他们开抗生素的时间不到一半，但密苏里州的兽医表示，他们花更多的时间治疗明显的疾病，如肠道寄生虫，而在预防性措施上，如繁殖群健康管理上花费的时间相对较少。虽然兽医们都认为抗生素耐药性是一个日益严重的问题，但密苏里州以外的兽医似乎更相信他们自己的处方实践并不是造成这一问题的原因。尽管全国大多数兽医认为参加继续教育课程是有益的，但其他州有 73.4%的兽医参加了抗生素使用课程，而密苏里州的九名兽医中只有四名参加了该课程。
密苏里州的兽医比其他州的兽医拥有更少的兽医经验，而这一点，加上密苏里州相对于大多数其他州相对较低的继续教育要求，可能会阻碍更积极主动和有效的客户-兽医关系的发展。
