Table 2 Commercial poultry farmer antibiotic use knowledge and practices in Chitwan District Nepal, N = 150 farmers
Antibiotic Use Characteristic | Farmer No. (%) |
|---|---|
Use antibiotics to raise their poultry | |
Yes | 148 (98.6) |
No | 1 (0.7) |
Don’t know | 1 (0.7) |
Used antibiotics in poultry production in past week | |
Yes | 34 (22.7) |
No | 115 (76.6) |
Don’t know | 1 (0.7) |
Used antibiotics in poultry production in past 3 months | |
Yes | 104 (69.3) |
No | 44 (29.3) |
Don’t know | 2 (1.4) |
Purposes of antibiotic use | |
Disease prevention | 87 (58.0) |
Growth promotion | 20 (13.3) |
Disease treatment | 143 (95.3) |
Don’t know | 1 (0.7) |
Administration routes of antibiotics | |
Feed | 46 (30.7) |
Water | 141 (94.0) |
Injection | 27 (18.0) |
Use of veterinary prescription for poultry antibiotics | |
Always | 102 (68.0) |
Sometimes | 44 (29.3) |
Never | 3 (2.0) |
Don’t know | 1 (0.7) |
Knowledge of poultry withdrawal antibiotic period | |
Yes | 85 (56.7) |
No | 65 (43.3) |
Knowledge and use withdrawal antibiotic perioda | |
Yes | 40 (47.6) |
No | 44 (52.4) |
Who do you consult when poultry are sick? | |
Veterinarian | 97 (64.6) |
Veterinary technician | 36 (24.0) |
Self-treat | 15 (10.0) |
Don’t treat | 1 (0.7) |
Don’t know | 1 (0.7) |