PHASE A: IDENTIFICATION OF SIX PRIORITY INITIATIVES
The vast majority of respondents“ agreed” or“ strongly agreed” that each of the top six Suggested Actions should be included in the list of priority Suggested Actions for the Ontario food-producing animal veterinary profession to champion.
Table 8: Respondents’ level of agreement( n = 125) with the top six Suggested Actions from Survey 1 being included as one of the priority Suggested Actions for the Ontario food-producing animal veterinary profession to champion.
Action
Strongly Agree / Agree #(%*)
Neither Agree nor Disagree #(%*)
Strongly Disagree / Disagree
Develop / update farm SOPs 123( 98) 1( 1) 1( 1) Develop producer education 118( 94) 2( 2) 5( 4) Voluntary veterinary CE 117( 94) 5( 4) 3( 2) Promote use of farm SOPs 111( 89) 12( 10) 2( 2) Mandatory producer training 85( 68) 29( 23) 11( 9) Standardize lab data / reporting 99( 79) 21( 17) 5( 4) * may not total 100 due to rounding
The vast majority of respondents“ agreed” or“ strongly agreed” that each of the top six Suggested Actions should be included in the list of priority Suggested Actions for the Ontario foodproducing animal veterinary profession to champion. A total of 98 % of respondents felt this way for“ develop / update farm SOPs”, 94 % for“ develop producer education” and 94 %
#(%*)
for“ voluntary veterinary CE”.“ Promote use of farm SOPs”,“ mandatory producer training” and“ standardize lab data / reporting”, were also rated highly, with the lowest level of agreement at 68 % for“ mandatory producer training”. These results are shown graphically in Figure 6 below.
LEVEL OF AGREEMENT WITH TOP SIX SUGGESTED ACTIONS
120
Percentage of Respondents
100 80 60 40 20
0
Develop / Update Farm SOPs
Develop Producer Education
Strongly Agree / Agree Neither Agree Nor Disagree Strongly Disagree / Disagree
Figure 6: Percentage of respondents by level of agreement with the top six Suggested Actions from Survey 1 being included as one of the priority Suggested Actions.
While no significant differences were found between choices when respondents were stratified and compared by various demographic characteristics, a trend relating to age was noticed. More specifically, younger respondents( 50 years of age and younger) tended to be more prone to be neutral( i. e.“ neither agree nor disagree”) towards“ mandatory producer training” and“ standardize lab reporting / data”, whereas older respondents
Voluntary Promote Use Of Veterinary CE Farm SOPs
Suggested Actions
Mandatory Producer Training
Standardize Lab Data / Reporting
( over the age of 50) tended to agree more strongly with the inclusion of these Suggested Actions. Statistical comparisons between the level of agreement among those Survey 2 respondents who did and those who did not participate in Survey 1 showed no significant differences between the two groups.
27 Setting an Action Agenda for Veterinary Stewardship of Antibiotic Use in Food-Producing Animals in Ontario