From: A survey of antimicrobial use practices of Tennessee beef producers
Practice | Cattle operation type (number of respondents) | Number of respondents (Row percentage) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | Not sure | No | ||
Farm kept up-to-date written records of antimicrobial drug purchases (208 respondents) | Backgrounding-stocking (9) | 9 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Cow-calf production (154) | 90 (58) | 17 (11.0) | 47 (31) | |
Multiple operation type, others (39) | 26 (66.7) | 4 (10.3) | 9 (23.0) | |
Seed stock operation (6) | 6 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Total | 131 (63) | 21 (10.1) | 56 (26.9) | |
Farm kept written records of medicated feeds purchased in the framework of VFD (201 respondents) | Backgrounding-stocking (9) | 9 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Cow-calf production (148) | 69 (46.6) | 21 (14.2) | 58 (39.2) | |
Multiple operation type, others (38) | 25 (65.8) | 2 (5.3) | 11 (28.9) | |
Seed stock operation (6) | 6 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Total | 109 (54.2) | 23 (11.4) | 69 (34.3) | |
Farm kept up-to-date written records of antimicrobial drugs used to treat animals (209 respondents) | Backgrounding-stocking (9) | 9 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Cow-calf production (155) | 102 (65.8) | 11 (7.1) | 42 (27.1) | |
Multiple operation type, others (39) | 28 (71.8) | 3 (7.7) | 8 (20.5) | |
Seed stock operation (6) | 6 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Total | 145 (69.4) | 14 (6.7) | 50 (23.9) | |
Cattle in the farm were sometimes treated with antimicrobials at dosages higher than the label provision (204 respondents) | Backgrounding-stocking (8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 (100) |
Cow-calf production (151) | 9 (6) | 9 (6) | 133 (88) | |
Multiple operation type, others (39) | 6 (15.4) | 1 (2.6) | 32 (82) | |
Seed stock operation (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (100) | |
Total | 15 (7.4) | 10 (4.9) | 179 (87.7) | |
Farm practiced extra-label AMU (201 respondents) | Backgrounding-stocking (8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 (100) |
Cow-calf production (149) | 12 (8) | 12 (8) | 125 (84) | |
Multiple operation type, others (38) | 7 (18.4) | 1 (2.6) | 30 (79) | |
Seed stock operation (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (100) | |
Total | 19 (9.4) | 13 (6.5) | 169 (84.1) | |
Farm had written protocols for treating sick animals with antimicrobials (199 respondents) | Backgrounding-stocking (8) | 2 (26) | 0 (0) | 6 (75) |
Cow-calf production (147) | 22 (15) | 6 (4.0) | 119 (81) | |
Multiple operation type, others (38) | 9 (23.7) | 4 (10.5) | 25 (65.8) | |
Seed stock operation (6) | 3 (50) | 0 (0) | 3 (50) | |
Total | 36 (18.1) | 10 (5) | 153 (76.9) |