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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Chan, Kin Wing
• Bard, Alison M
• Adam, Katherine E
• Rees, Gwen M
• Morgans, Lisa
• Cresswell, Liz
• Hinchliffe, Stephen
• Barrett, David C
• Reyher, Kristen K
• Buller, Henry

Titel

Diagnostics and the challenge of antimicrobial resistance: a survey of UK livestock veterinarians’ perceptions and practices

Ist Teil von

• Veterinary record, 2020-12, Vol.187 (12), p.e125-e125

Ort / Verlag

England: BMJ Publishing Group Limited

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Wiley Online Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• BackgroundThis paper explores the current role and place of diagnostic tests in the treatment of farm animal disease. With the growing focus on reduced reliance on antibiotic medicines in both animal and human patient care, attention is increasingly being focused on the practice, the technology and the function of diagnostic tests and how these can support responsible antimicrobial use. Emerging diagnostic technologies offer the possibility of more rapid testing for bacterial disease, while food chain actors and others are increasingly seeking to make diagnostic tests mandatory before the use of critically important antibiotics.MethodThis paper reports the findings of a recent large-scale online survey of UK farm animal veterinarians (n=153) which investigated current veterinary diagnostic practice with particular attention to the relationship between diagnostic test use and antibiotic treatment.ResultsResults revealed a range of factors that influence veterinary diagnostic practice and demonstrate the continuing importance of clinical observation and animal/herd knowledge in the selection of antibiotic treatment.ConclusionThe findings identify a considerable ambivalence on the part of farm animal veterinarians regarding the current and future uses of rapid and point-of-care diagnostic tests as a means of improving clinical diagnosis and addressing inappropriate antibiotic medicine use.