Farmer perceptions of dairy farm antibiotic use and transport pathways as determinants of contaminant loads to the environment
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Langue source
Anglais
Titre français
Titre anglais
Farmer perceptions of dairy farm antibiotic use and transport pathways as determinants of contaminant loads to the environment
Auteur(s)
- GEORGAKAKOS Christine B.
- HICKS Betsy J.
- WALTER M. Todd
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Version
2638
Date ajout
15 janvier 2021 23:33
Date modification
15 janvier 2021 23:33
Résumé anglais
Agricultural antibiotic contamination into milk and beef products has been considered extensively, but antibiotic transport into soil and water environments is less regulated and studied. Farmer perceptions of these transport processes are critical to understanding how antibiotics reach soils and surface waters and what management strategies can be implemented to reduce environmental antibiotic loads. We have conducted semi-structured interviews with twenty-seven dairy farmers in central New York to understand farmer perceptions of environmental transport of antibiotics and decisions that reduce environmental antibiotic loads. Interviews were qualitatively analyzed and coded using thematic analysis. We found that farmers extensively considered transport of antibiotics into milk and beef, while consideration of antibiotic transport into manure was less common, and no farmers discussed antibiotic transport from carcasses into soil from on-farm animal mortality. Farmers highlighted decisions that reduce antibiotic environmental loads through disease prevention actions, usage of non-antibiotic treatments, and culturing bacterial samples before antibiotic treatment. Farmers did not cite reduction of environmental antibiotic loads as a driver of their waste management decisions. Farmers perceived antibiotic usage was already minimized on farms in the region, suggesting future environmental antibiotic contamination mitigation strategies should focus on waste management pathways.
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CRAW tags
- AB - Modalité bio
- FREDO santé animale
- GEO Etats-Unis
- antibiotic use
- bovin laitier
- élevage
WEB tags
- AMR
- emerging contaminants
- environmental contaminant loads
- interviews
- management practice
- qualitative methods
Titre de la publication
Journal of Environmental Management
Volume
281
Pages
111880
Date caractères
March 1, 2021
Date publication
1 mars 2021
Doi
10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111880
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0301-4797
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