PHASE A : IDENTIFICATION OF SIX PRIORITY INITIATIVES
Survey 1 respondents were asked to select up to six priority Suggested Actions that they felt were most important .
Selecting Priority Suggested Actions
Survey 1 respondents were asked to select up to six priority Suggested Actions that they felt were most important . “ Develop / update farm SOPs ”, “ develop producer education ”, and “ voluntary veterinary CE ” were the most popular Suggested Actions ; a total of 69 %, 55 % and 51 % of respondents included these Suggested Actions in their list of top six most important Suggested Actions , respectively .
Conversely , “ research on raising animals without ABX ”,
“ surveillance of veterinary use of ABX ” and “ mandatory veterinary CE ” were the most commonly selected to be removed from the list ; a total of 28 %, 23 % and 21 % of respondents thought these should be removed from the list , respectively .
There were no significant differences between choices when respondents were stratified and compared by species , age , graduation year , and other demographic characteristics .
Ranking Priority Suggested Actions
Survey 1 respondents were asked to rank the Suggested Actions they had selected as most important from 1 to 6 . These rankings were used to develop weighted rank scores utilizing Formula E . 1 . Table 5 shows the results .
Table 5 : Weighted rank scores of Suggested Actions ordered by overall rank score in Survey 1 .
Suggested Action |
Weighted Rank Score |
Rank by Weighted Rank |
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|
Score |
Develop / update farm SOPs 230 1 Develop producer education 116 2 Voluntary veterinary CE 87 3 Promote use of farm SOPs 83 4 Mandatory producer training 58 5 Standardize lab data / reporting 52 6 Educate stakeholders 52 7 Research on alternatives to ABX 49 8 On-farm ABX use logs 35 9 Identify changes in resistance 30 10 Surveillance of veterinary use of ABX 29 11 Evaluate veterinary compliance 27 12
Research links between ABX and resistance
21 13
Mandatory veterinary CE 17 14 Research on raising animals without ABX 12 15
Research to identify gaps in use of ABX in practice
12 16
When the weighted rank scores are ordered from highest to lowest ( i . e . from most popular to least popular ) “ develop / update farm SOPs , “ develop producer education ”, and “ voluntary veterinary CE ” are identified as the highest ranked .
Conversely , “ research to identify gaps in use of ABX in practice ”,
“ research on raising animals without ABX ” and “ mandatory veterinary CE ” were ranked lowest .
There were no significant differences between choices when respondents were stratified and compared by species , age , graduation year , and other demographic characteristics .
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