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Table 2 Practices of Tennessee beef producers related to antimicrobial use, 2018

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)