Antibiotic Use and Resistance in Animal Farming: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study on Knowledge and Practices among Farmers in Khartoum, Sudan

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 330-338

  Eltayb, A ^a,b   Barakat, S ^b   Marrone, G ^a   Shaddad, S ^c   Stalsby Lundborg C ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SUDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotic use; Farmers in sudan; Knowledge; Practice; Zoonotic infections

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOGRAMIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GROWTH PROMOTOR;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SUDAN; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VETERINARY;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SUDAN; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84864046964     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01458.x     Document Type: Article

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