Devadas Sridevi, Zakaria Zunita, Din Mohamed Shariff Mohamed, Bhassu Subha, Karim Murni Marlina Abd, Ikhsan Natrah, Rahman Abu Bakar
Selangor Fisheries Biosecurity Centre, Department of Fisheries Malaysia, KLIA, Sepang, Selangor 64000, Malaysia; Aquatic Animal Health and Therapeutics Laboratory, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia.
Aquatic Animal Health and Therapeutics Laboratory, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia.
Prev Vet Med. 2025 Jun;239:106513. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2025.106513. Epub 2025 Mar 13.
In aquaculture, production intensification and the increasing occurrence of diseases are equally driving antimicrobial use (AMU) and the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). There is inadequate awareness and knowledge regarding AMU and AMR among the public in Malaysia. Thereby, AMR reduction action plans critically require the involvement of farmers as end users of the antimicrobials. The knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) survey can evaluate the farmers' awareness level about the issue. To date, no KAP survey has been conducted among shrimp aquaculture farmers in Malaysia regarding AMU and AMR. In addition, no suitable questionnaire is available to conduct the study. Therefore, this study has developed a questionnaire to evaluate the KAP of Penaeus vannamei and Penaeus monodon aquaculture farmers towards AMU and AMR in selected states in Peninsular Malaysia. In total, 113 farmers participated in this survey. The majority (88.1 %, n = 89) of 101 respondents who completed answering the knowledge- and attitude-related KAP items had inadequate knowledge of AMU and AMR. Regarding attitude, the percentages of farmers with good attitudes (49.5 %, n = 50) and poor attitudes (50.5 %, n = 51) are comparable. Nevertheless, a high percentage (95.0 %, n = 96) of them have never used antibiotics on farmed shrimp, indicating good practices in terms of AMU. The Pearson correlation revealed a large positive association between knowledge and attitudes. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to develop a questionnaire and assess the KAP regarding AMU and AMR among shrimp aquaculture farmers in Malaysia.
在水产养殖中，生产集约化和疾病发生率的增加同样推动了抗菌药物的使用（AMU）以及抗菌药物耐药性（AMR）的发展。马来西亚公众对抗菌药物使用和抗菌药物耐药性的认识和了解不足。因此，减少抗菌药物耐药性的行动计划迫切需要作为抗菌药物最终用户的农民的参与。知识、态度和实践（KAP）调查可以评估农民对该问题的认识水平。迄今为止，马来西亚尚未对虾类养殖农民进行关于抗菌药物使用和抗菌药物耐药性的KAP调查。此外，没有合适的问卷可用于开展这项研究。因此，本研究编制了一份问卷，以评估马来西亚半岛选定州的凡纳滨对虾和斑节对虾养殖农民对抗菌药物使用和抗菌药物耐药性的KAP。共有113名农民参与了这项调查。在完成回答与知识和态度相关的KAP项目的101名受访者中，大多数（88.1%，n = 89）对抗菌药物使用和抗菌药物耐药性的知识不足。在态度方面，态度良好的农民比例（49.5%，n = 50）和态度不佳的农民比例（50.5%，n = 51）相当。然而，其中很大一部分（95.0%，n = 96）从未在养殖虾上使用过抗生素，这表明在抗菌药物使用方面有良好的做法。皮尔逊相关性显示知识与态度之间存在很大的正相关。据我们所知，本研究是首次编制问卷并评估马来西亚虾类养殖农民对抗菌药物使用和抗菌药物耐药性的KAP。
