Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Bosman, Deckert, Reid-Smith, Poljak, McEwen); Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada, 370 Speedvale Avenue West, Suite 201, Guelph, Ontario N1H 7M7 (Bosman, Deckert, Carson, Reid-Smith).
Can Vet J. 2021 May;62(5):453-460.
The objective of this study was to evaluate preferences for various metrics and denominators among Canadian swine veterinarians, in order to improve reporting of antimicrobial use (AMU) information to these stakeholders and to facilitate enhanced stewardship decisions. An online survey was made available to swine veterinarians across Canada; 12 responses (estimated response rate 17.6%) were submitted and analyzed. Responses represented veterinarians from every major pig-producing province and from a range of year of graduation from veterinary college. Participants self-evaluated their understanding of dose-based metrics as higher than weight- and frequency-based metrics and interpreted most results of AMU analyses correctly. Participants preferred dose-based metrics over others, and had various objectives for AMU information, including improving AMU on their clients' farms and enabling comparisons with other farms. The results are useful to those making decisions about which AMU metrics to use in reports targeted to swine veterinarians.
本研究旨在评估加拿大猪兽医对各种指标和分母的偏好，以便向这些利益相关者改进抗菌药物使用 (AMU) 信息的报告，并促进加强管理决策。向加拿大各地的猪兽医提供了在线调查; 提交并分析了 12 份回复(估计回复率为 17.6%)。这些回复代表了来自每个主要养猪省的兽医，以及兽医学院毕业的不同年限。参与者自我评估他们对基于剂量的指标的理解高于基于体重和频率的指标，并正确解释了大多数 AMU 分析的结果。参与者更喜欢基于剂量的指标，并且对 AMU 信息有各种目标，包括改善他们客户农场的 AMU 和能够与其他农场进行比较。这些结果对那些决定在针对猪兽医的报告中使用哪些 AMU 指标的人有用。
