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