POTENTIAL TO
REDUCE USE OF
ANTIBIOTICS
Approximately three quarters of the CVO Survey respondents agreed that there is
potential to reduce the amount of antibiotics used in food-producing animals in Ontario,
if a reduction was mandated. Among beef respondents, metaphylactic treatment for
respiratory disease was identified as the most important situation where antibiotic use
could be reduced. Dairy respondents felt that selective/targeted dry cow treatment was
the most important opportunity to reduce use. Poultry, sheep/goat and swine respondents
all felt that it was most important to create a system where antibiotics are only available
with a veterinarian prescription. Lastly, veal respondents felt that the most important
opportunity to reduce antibiotic use was to improve management and housing and focus
on prevention, rather than treatment.
Influence of Veterinarians
100
Proportion of
Respondents (%)
Approximately three quarters of
the CVO Survey respondents
agreed that there is potential to
reduce the amount of antibiotics
used in food-producing animals
in Ontario, if a reduction was
mandated.
The influence of veterinarians