Assessment of Animal Owners’ Perspective and Facility Practice on Antimicrobial Medicines Use in Food Animals in Gondar City and its Surrounding
| dc.contributor.advisor | Eshetu Eskinder | |
| dc.contributor.author | Getaneh Atsede | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-23T10:54:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-23T10:54:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Due to the increment of utilization of antimicrobial drugs in food animals there is an increased irrational use. However, there is a paucity of data on the perspective of animal owners and antimicrobial medicine use in food animals in Ethiopia. Objectives: To assess animal owners‘ perspectives and facility practice on antimicrobialmedicine use in food animals in Gondar city and surrounding. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was conducted from September to December2021. The study used both quantitative and qualitative methods. To collect qualitativedata from animal owners used depth interview and computed manually. The quantitativedata were coded, entered, and analyzed in SPSS version 20. P-value < 0.05 wasconsidered significant. Results: In the national list of essential veterinary drugs, all drugs were prescribed undertheir generic name. Approximately 68.7% were antibiotics and 97.8% were injections.The average amount of drug per prescription was 1.5. Out of 15 essential medications,three were found in every clinic and two weren't available everywhere. Five facilities had both national veterinary drug list and guideline for veterinary treatment, while sevenfacilities lacked both. Of all interviewees 285 (47.5%), 289 (48.respectively had low, moderate, and good competency in the use of medicines. Conclusion and recommendations: In general, various facility indicators and prescribing practices haven't met the standard. Moreover, only a few of the individualshad used medicines successfully in the past. Thus, the facilities should fulfill essentialguidelines, provide vital medications, and increase farmers' awareness. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/2790 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | Animal owner antimicrobial food animal irrational use qualitative and quantitative. | |
| dc.title | Assessment of Animal Owners’ Perspective and Facility Practice on Antimicrobial Medicines Use in Food Animals in Gondar City and its Surrounding | |
| dc.type | Thesis |