Research Article
Drivers of Antimicrobial Use Practices among Tennessee Dairy Cattle Producers
Table 2
Survey results showing the practices of Tennessee dairy producers related to antimicrobial use, 2018.
| | Practice | Number of participants (percentage) | | Yes | Not sure | No |
| | Farm keeps up-to-date written records of antimicrobial drug purchases (n = 40) | 23 (57.5) | 5 (12.5) | 12 (30) | | Farm keeps written records of medicated feeds purchased in the framework of VFD (n = 40) | 20 (50) | 3 (7.5) | 17 (42.5) | | Farm keeps up-to-date written records of antimicrobial drugs used to treat animals (n = 40) | 28 (70) | 4 (10) | 8 (20) | | Cattle on the farm are sometimes treated with antimicrobials at dosages higher than the label provision (n = 40) | 9 (22.5) | 1 (2.5) | 30 (75) | | Farm practices extra-label AMU (n = 38) | 7 (18.4) | 2 (5.3) | 29 (76.3) | | Farm has written protocols for treating sick animals with antimicrobials (n = 38) | 17 (44.7) | 3 (7.9) | 18 (47.4) |
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