Perceptions of antimicrobial usage, antimicrobial resistance and policy measures to reduce antimicrobial usage in convenient samples of Belgian, French, German, Swedish and Swiss pig farmers

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 10-20

  Visschers, V H M ^a   Backhans, A ^b   Collineau, L ^c,d   Iten, D ^a   Loesken, S ^e   Postma, M ^f   Belloc, C ^d   Dewulf, J ^f   Emanuelson, U ^b   Beilage, E grosse ^e   Siegrist, M ^a   Sjolund M ^g   Stark K D C ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c SAFOSO Inc   (Switzerland)

^d LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial usage; Perception of policy measures; Pig farmers; Risk perception; Survey

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; PIG; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUS SCROFA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924813482     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.01.018     Document Type: Article

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