Áine Regan, Alison Burrell, Claire McKernan, Hannah Martin, Tony Benson, Conor McAloon, Edgar Garcia Manzanilla, Moira Dean
BACKGROUND: In the coming years, major governance changes in the form of policy directives and regulations will catalyse major top-down change with respect to animal health on European farms in an effort to combat the OneHealth threat of antimicrobial resistance. This top-down approach must be met with bottom-up strategies to ensure target actors (namely, farmers and vets) are supported and motivated to change their practices, thus, avoiding unintended consequences of forced change. Although much behavioural research has explored the factors influencing antimicrobial practices on farms, a gap exists translating these findings into evidence-based behaviour change interventions that can be put into practice...
April 3, 2023: Irish Veterinary Journal