Bui Mai Huong

Dalsgaard, A.

Dang Thi Thanh Son

Dinh Thi Phuong Hoa

Hu Suk Lee

Hung Nguyen-Viet

Kieu Minh Duc

Tran Kim Hue

Tran Thi Nhat

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Background Antibiotics (AB) are currently threatened by the emergence of antibiotic resistance (ABR), leading to a lack of options to treat infectious diseases in people, livestock and aquaculture. Thus, it jeopardizes human health, animal health as well as food and nutrition security. In Vietnam, the pig sector contributes a considerable part to the overall amount of antibiotic used (ABU) in food animal productions, leading to AB residue in pork and an increased risk of ABR.  Objective This study aimed at understanding the use of antibiotics in pig farms in Bac Ninh province in Vietnam. Methods The research was conducted in Bac Ninh province in 2018 and 2019 by both interviews and a record system. Interviews: Sample size: 110 pig farms from different farm-scale sizes including small (<20 pigs), medium (<200 pigs), and large farm (>200 pigs). Questionnaire: Data on household socioeconomics, pig production system, farm management and the use of antibiotic, knowledge, attitude and practice of ABR and ABU and were collected by questionnaire to the owners or workers of these pig farms. Farmers were also interviewed on pig health management (diagnose and treatment) with antibiotics. Record books:  Sample size: 110 pig farms (70 out of 110 farms had joined the interview process) Duration: 4 months from September to December 2018. Data collection: A record system was set up with 110 record books on ABU for therapeutic use at pig farms where farmers are trained and asked to record the quantity, purpose, duration of the use and the type of antibiotics.   The use of antibiotics for therapeutic purposes in pig production in Bac Ninh province, Vietnam  Dinh Thi Phuong Hoa1, Dang Thi Thanh Son2, Nguyen-Viet Hung3, Tran Kim Hue2, Trần Thị Nhat 2, Bui Mai Huong4, Kieu Duc4,  Hu Suk Lee3, Anders Dalsgaard5 1Nam Dinh University of Nursing, 2National Institute of Veterinary Research, 3International Livestock Research Institute, 4National Institute if Nutrition, 5University of Copenhagen (Denmark)  Knowledge Appropriate Inappropriate OR 95% CI P Educational level > Secondary 14 (38.9%) 22 (61.1%) 3.5 (1.5 – 8.0 0.003 ≤ Secondary 51 (68.9%) 23 (31.1%) Working experiences >18 39 (72.2%) 15 (27.8%) 3.0 (1.4-6.6) 0.006 <= 18 26 (46.4%) 30 (53.6%) Practices Appropriate Inappropriate OR 95% CI P Gender Female 30 (71.4%) 12 (28.6%) 3.0 (1.3 – 6.8) 0.008 Male 31 (45.6%) 37 (54.4%) 40.9 44.5 59.1 55.5 010203040506070Knowledge PracticeAppropriate Inappropriate60 36.4 18.2 49.1 61.8 0 20 40 60 80ABR can affect animal healthABR can affect human healthKew the name of bannedantibioticsKnew the overuse ofantibiotics in pig productioncan affect human healthAntibiotic is medicine whichkills bacteriaPractices Frequency Percentage Disposal of excess antibiotics  in the garbage 56 50.9 People have a great influence on practices of antibiotic use  Him/herself 62  56.4 Veterinarians 56 50.9 Drug sellers 55 50.0 Followed the indication when using antibiotic Followed the indication 38 34.5 Did not follow the indication 38 34.5 Followed veterinarian guides 34 30.9 Responses when pigs got diseases  Based on own experiences 63 57.3 Called to veterinarian 59 53.6 Asked drug sellers and buy drug 57 51.8 The dose of antibiotic use Increasing the dose 34 30.9 Decreasing the dose 4 3.6 Table 1: Practices of using antibiotics Figure 1: Knowledge of using antibiotics Knowledge: 18.2% of farmers knew about the name of banned antibiotics.  49.1 % of them knew the overuse of antibiotics in pig production can affect human health.  Practices: 34.5 % of farmers said they followed the instruction of the drug use, 34.5% did not while 30.9% of farmers followed the veterinarian advice. 30.9% indicated they increased the dose while 3.6% decreased the dose. Farmers who had appropriate knowledge constituted of 40.9%, and the percentage of farmers with appropriate practices was 44.5%. Educational level, working experiences were identified as factors to be significantly associated with knowledge of farmers while influencing factors of practices were gender (P<0.05).  Figure 2: Distribution of knowledge and practices Table 2: Associated factors of knowledge and practices 0102030405060Correct practices Incorrect practices55.4 44.6 53.2 46.8 QuestionnaireRecord booksFindings from record books:    Antibiotics were used for therapeutic purposes at 77 farms (70%). During the observation, antibiotics were used 97 times, including 45 different types of antibiotics divided into 9 groups of antibiotics.   The outcomes from the questionnaire and record books showed a little different between the correct antibiotic use and incorrect antibiotic use.  Figure 3: Distribution of antibiotic uses based on questionnaire and record book   Conclusion Our study shows that the use of antibiotics for therapeutic purposes in pig production was common in Bac Ninh. Most of the use was not appropriate as farmers increased the doses, treated sick pigs themselves without diagnose or without seeking help from a veterinarian. These results would be useful to plan training and interventions to improve farmers' KAP on AB use in pig production.   Picture 1: Interviews by using tablets 

The use of antibiotics for therapeutic purposes in pig production in Bac Ninh province, Vietnam

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