Vet World Vol.12 February-2019 Article-12
Research Article
Veterinary World, 12(2): 258-265
https://doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2019.258-265
Antibiotic resistance: A cross-sectional study on knowledge, attitude, and practices among veterinarians of Haryana state in India
2. National Institute of Epidemiology, Indian Council of Medical Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
3. Animal Genomics Lab, Animal Biotechnology Centre, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India.
4. Department of Agricultural Statistics, ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana, India.
5. Dairy Microbiology Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India.
6. Dairy Extension Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India.
Background and Aim: The current study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices pertaining to antibiotic usage among the field veterinarians who serve as nodal officers playing a crucial role in disseminating knowledge to the farmers regarding livestock management practices in India.
Materials and Methods: A pilot study was conducted in which 106 of the 173 field veterinarians of Haryana, India, agreed to contribute through their valuable participation in the study. The collected data were critically analyzed by simple descriptive statistics, and the responses were ranked using Garrett's ranking method.
Results: Our study found that most of the clinicians were aware of the fundamental clinical aspects of antibiotic resistance (AR), i.e., the general causes and transmission of resistance, response during treatment failure, and safe disposal of hospital waste. Further, implementation of "antibiotic stewardship" (rational/responsible use of antibiotics) and interruption of AR transmission by means of cross-kingdom pathogens are two ways to restrict the spread of resistant pathogens which were not in the clinical purview of majority of the clinicians. This highlights a lack of awareness and scope of improving clinician's knowledge pertaining to AR. Moreover, we got to know the methodology adopted by farmers for disposal of infected milk from diseased udders as well as their attitude toward diseased and unproductive animals.
Conclusion: This study provides snippets of the current animal husbandry practices prevalent at the field level which would assist to plug in the gaps of knowledge regarding AR among the veterinarians as well as the general public and serve to reduce its deleterious impacts in Indian animal farming as well as in the world through the concept of "One World, One Health." Keywords: animal husbandry, antibiotic resistance, attitude, knowledge, practices, veterinarians.
Keywords: animal husbandry, antibiotic resistance, attitude, knowledge, practices, veterinarians.
How to cite this article: Parkunan T, Ashutosh M, Sukumar B, Chera JS, Ramadas S, Chandrasekhar B, Ashok Kumar S, Sharma R, Santhosh Kumar M, De S (2019) Antibiotic resistance: A cross-sectional study on knowledge, attitude, and practices among veterinarians of Haryana state in India, Veterinary World, 12(2): 258-265.
Received: 31-08-2018 Accepted: 22-12-2018 Published online: 14-02-2019
Corresponding author: Thulasiraman Parkunan E-mail: dr.thula89@gmail.com
DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2019.258-265
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