Research Article
Drivers of Antimicrobial Use Practices among Tennessee Dairy Cattle Producers
Table 4
Questionnaire respondents views on a series of statements related to AMR.
| Number of participants (percentage) |
| | Extremely familiar | Very familiar | Moderately familiar | Slightly familiar | Not familiar at all. |
| How familiar are you with the subject of antibiotic resistance? (n = 43) | 1 (2.3) | 12 (27.9) | 21 (48.8) | 6 (14) | 3 (7) |
| | Very concerned | Moderately concerned | Not concerned | Did not rate their degree of concern about AMR due to their unfamiliarity with the meaning of AMR. |
| How do you rate your degree of concern about AMR infections in cattle production? (n = 44) | 4 (9.1) | 27 (61.4) | 10 (22.7) | 3 (6.8) | |
| | Strongly agreed | Agreed | Neither disagreed nor agreed | Disagreed | Strongly disagreed. |
| Some antibiotics you use on your cattle have become ineffective (there is resistance to antibiotics used in cattle) (n =40) | 1 (2.5) | 17 (42.5) | 16 (40) | 5 (12.5) | 1 (2.5) |
| Antibiotic drugs work less effectively than in the past (n = 40) | 1 (2.5) | 10 (25) | 20 (50) | 7 (17.5) | 2 (5) |
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