The social biography of antibiotic use in smallholder dairy farms in India
Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been identified as one of the major threats to global health, food security and development today. While there has been considerable attention about the use and misuse of antibiotics amongst human populations in both research and policy environments, the...
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| author | Chauhan, Abhimanyu Singh George, Mathew Sunil Chatterjee, Pranab Lindahl, Johanna F. Grace, Delia Kakkar, Manish |
| author_browse | Chatterjee, Pranab Chauhan, Abhimanyu Singh George, Mathew Sunil Grace, Delia Kakkar, Manish Lindahl, Johanna F. |
| author_facet | Chauhan, Abhimanyu Singh George, Mathew Sunil Chatterjee, Pranab Lindahl, Johanna F. Grace, Delia Kakkar, Manish |
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| description | Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been identified as one of the major threats to global health, food security and development today. While there has been considerable attention about the use and misuse of antibiotics amongst human populations in both research and policy environments, there is no definitive estimate of the extent of misuse of antibiotics in the veterinary sector and its contribution to AMR in humans. In this study, we explored the drivers ofirrational usage of verterinary antibiotics in the dairy farming sector in peri-urban India. Methods and materials The study was conducted in the peri-urban belts of Ludhiana, Guwahati and Bangalore. A total of 54 interviews (formal and non-formal) were carried out across these three sites. Theme guides were developed to explore different drivers of veterinary antimicrobial use. Data was audio recorded and transcribed. Analysis of the coded data set was carried out using AtlasTi. Version 7. Themes emerged inductively from the set of codes. Results Findings were presented based on concept of ‘levels of analyses’. Emergent themes were categorised as individual, health systems, and policy level drivers. Low level of knowledge related to antibiotics among farmers, active informal service providers, direct marketing of drugs to the farmers and easily available antibiotics, dispensed without appropriate prescriptions contributed to easy access to antibiotics, and were identified to be the possible drivers contributing to the non-prescribed and self-administered use of antibiotics in the dairy farms. Conclusions Smallholding dairy farmers operated within very small margins of profits. The paucity of formal veterinary services at the community level, coupled with easy availability of antibiotics and the need to ensure profits and minimise losses, promoted non-prescribed antibiotic consumption. It is essential that these local drivers of irrational antibiotic use are understood in order to develop interventions and policies that seek to reduce antibiotic misuse. |
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| spelling | CGSpace925062025-04-24T20:11:39Z The social biography of antibiotic use in smallholder dairy farms in India Chauhan, Abhimanyu Singh George, Mathew Sunil Chatterjee, Pranab Lindahl, Johanna F. Grace, Delia Kakkar, Manish animal health dairies food safety antibiotics smallholders resistance to antibiotics food security veterinary medicine qualitative analysis development health dairy farms drugs Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been identified as one of the major threats to global health, food security and development today. While there has been considerable attention about the use and misuse of antibiotics amongst human populations in both research and policy environments, there is no definitive estimate of the extent of misuse of antibiotics in the veterinary sector and its contribution to AMR in humans. In this study, we explored the drivers ofirrational usage of verterinary antibiotics in the dairy farming sector in peri-urban India. Methods and materials The study was conducted in the peri-urban belts of Ludhiana, Guwahati and Bangalore. A total of 54 interviews (formal and non-formal) were carried out across these three sites. Theme guides were developed to explore different drivers of veterinary antimicrobial use. Data was audio recorded and transcribed. Analysis of the coded data set was carried out using AtlasTi. Version 7. Themes emerged inductively from the set of codes. Results Findings were presented based on concept of ‘levels of analyses’. Emergent themes were categorised as individual, health systems, and policy level drivers. Low level of knowledge related to antibiotics among farmers, active informal service providers, direct marketing of drugs to the farmers and easily available antibiotics, dispensed without appropriate prescriptions contributed to easy access to antibiotics, and were identified to be the possible drivers contributing to the non-prescribed and self-administered use of antibiotics in the dairy farms. Conclusions Smallholding dairy farmers operated within very small margins of profits. The paucity of formal veterinary services at the community level, coupled with easy availability of antibiotics and the need to ensure profits and minimise losses, promoted non-prescribed antibiotic consumption. It is essential that these local drivers of irrational antibiotic use are understood in order to develop interventions and policies that seek to reduce antibiotic misuse. 2018-12 2018-05-11T09:41:17Z 2018-05-11T09:41:17Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92506 en Open Access Springer Chauhan, A.S., George, M.S., Chatterjee, P., Lindahl, J., Grace, D. and Kakkar, M. 2018. The social biography of antibiotic use in smallholder dairy farms in India. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 7: 60. |
| spellingShingle | animal health dairies food safety antibiotics smallholders resistance to antibiotics food security veterinary medicine qualitative analysis development health dairy farms drugs Chauhan, Abhimanyu Singh George, Mathew Sunil Chatterjee, Pranab Lindahl, Johanna F. Grace, Delia Kakkar, Manish The social biography of antibiotic use in smallholder dairy farms in India |
| title | The social biography of antibiotic use in smallholder dairy farms in India |
| title_full | The social biography of antibiotic use in smallholder dairy farms in India |
| title_fullStr | The social biography of antibiotic use in smallholder dairy farms in India |
| title_full_unstemmed | The social biography of antibiotic use in smallholder dairy farms in India |
| title_short | The social biography of antibiotic use in smallholder dairy farms in India |
| title_sort | social biography of antibiotic use in smallholder dairy farms in india |
| topic | animal health dairies food safety antibiotics smallholders resistance to antibiotics food security veterinary medicine qualitative analysis development health dairy farms drugs |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92506 |
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