Factors Associated with Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices on California Dairies: One Year Post Senate Bill 27.

ABSTRACT: The current study is aimed at identifying the factors associated with antimicrobial drug (AMD) use and stewardship practices on conventional California (CA) dairies a year after CA Senate Bill 27. Responses from 113 out of 1282 dairies mailed a questionnaire in 2019 were analyzed to estimate the associations between management practices and six outcomes including producer familiarity with medically important antimicrobial drugs (MIADs), restricted use of MIADs previously available over the counter (OTC), use of alternatives to AMD, changes in on-farm management practices, changes in AMD costs, and animal health status in dairies. Producers who reported having a veterinarian-client-patient relationship (VCPR) and tracking AMD withdrawal intervals had greater odds of being familiar with the

SUBMITTER: Abdelfattah EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8868138 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature