PHASE A : DISCUSSION
There is strong support for the priority Suggested Actions being effective as five of the six had over 75 % of respondents rating them as “ very effective / effective ”.
Table 10 shows the six Suggested Actions that were deemed the least important in Survey 1 , and hence removed from consideration in Survey 2 . Of the remaining 10 Actions considered in Survey 2 , the top six were clear favorites , as the weighted rank scores were considerably higher than the bottom four .
There is strong support for the priority Suggested Actions being effective as five of the six had over 75 % of respondents rating them as “ very effective / effective ”. Similarly , over 75 % of respondents agreed with five of the six priority Suggested Actions . The exception was “ mandatory producer training ” which was lower in both circumstances . These findings demonstrate that although “ mandatory producer training ” ranked 5th based on the weighted rank scores , it appears to have garnered less support overall .
“ Identify changes in resistance ”, while seen as potentially very effective / effective ( ranked third overall ) only ranked tenth in both surveys using the weighted rank score . This finding indicates that while veterinarians felt that this Suggested Action had the potential to be effective , it was not considered important for them to champion .
The ranking , based on the weighted ranking scores , of the top six Suggested Actions from Survey 1 and Survey 2 were identical , indicating a strong and consistent response .
Statistical comparison of perceptions and corresponding rankings of Priority Initiatives between those Survey 2 respondents that did , and did not , respond to Survey 1 demonstrated no significant differences . Moreover , general trends and response patterns between these two groups were highly correlated , suggesting that the vast majority of respondents ( irrespective of prior participation in Survey 1 ) held similar views with respect to the priority Suggested Actions .
Importantly , there were no significant differences seen between the respondents , based on their species affiliation .
Based on the findings of Phase A , the top six priority Suggested Actions were confirmed as the Priority Initiatives identified by Ontario food-producing animal veterinarians as those that are most important for them to champion as stewards of appropriate antibiotic use .
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