Growing Forward 2 - Final Report Project II | Page 25

PHASE A: IDENTIFICATION
OF SIX PRIORITY INITIATIVES
Based on the results of Survey 1,
the six Suggested Actions that were ranked lowest,
using the weighted rank score, were removed from the list of 16.
Based on the results of Survey 1, the six Suggested Actions
that were ranked lowest, using the weighted rank score, were
removed from the list of 16. These included “surveillance
of veterinary use of ABX”, “evaluate veterinary compliance”,
“research links between ABX and resistance”, “mandatory
veterinary CE”, “research on raising animals without ABX”
and “research to identify gaps in use of ABX in practice”.
The remaining 10 Suggested Actions that were retained for
consideration in Survey 2 are shown in Table 6.
Table 6: Ten Suggested Actions considered in Survey 2.
Develop/update farm SOPs
Develop producer education
Voluntary veterinary CE
Promote use of farm SOPs
Mandatory producer training
Standardize lab data/reporting
Educate stakeholders
Research on alternatives to ABX
On-farm ABX use logs
Identify changes in resistance
Ranking Top Ten Suggested Actions from Survey 1
Survey 2 respondents were asked to rank the top ten Suggested Actions from Survey 1.
Table 7 presents the rank order of each Suggested Action using the weighted rank score that was calculated by Formula E.2.
Table 7: Weighted rank score for each Suggested Action and overall rank (n = 125).
Weighted Rank Score Overall Rank
Develop/update farm SOPs
Suggested Action
1078 1
Develop producer education 961 2
Voluntary veterinary CE 769 3
Promote use of farm SOPs 690 4
Mandatory producer training 529 5
Standardize lab data/reporting 404 6
Educate stakeholders 157 7
Research on alternatives to ABX 100 8
On-farm ABX use logs 63 9
Identify changes in resistance 61 10
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
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veterinary CE” are identified as the most popular, with scores of
1078, 961 and 769 respectively. The weighted ranked scores are
shown graphically in Figure 5.
Setting an Action Agenda for Veterinary Stewardship of Antibiotic Use in Food-Producing Animals in Ontario