PhD defence: Joining the Resistance Against Preventable Antimicrobial Use: Epidemiological Insights into the Determinants of Antimicrobial Consumption in Broiler, Pig and Veal Calf Farms in the Netherlands
Summary of dissertation
In this PhD thesis, farm characteristics associated with antimicrobial use (AMU) were identified to develop customized AMU-reduction strategies for broiler, veal calf, and pig farms in the Netherlands. In addition, factors that contribute to the prevention of diseases that lead to antibiotic use in weaned piglets and veal calves were also examined. The analysis focused on a wide range of (infra)structural and management characteristics of farms, such as housing, care, nutrition, and health and welfare management. Both existing and newly collected data were used for this research and the analyses combined classical statistical methods with machine learning techniques to map farm-specific effects and complex relationships. Finally, this epidemiological analysis was also successfully translated s into practice by developing a digital decision support tool: AMUlet (Antimicrobials Usage Lowering Estimation Tool). This freely accessible online application supports veterinarians and livestock farmers in developing farm-specific antibiotic use reduction plans.
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- PhD candidate
- P. Mallioris
- Dissertation
- Joining the Resistance Against Preventable Antimicrobial Use: Epidemiological Insights into the Determinants of Antimicrobial Consumption in Broiler, Pig and Veal Calf Farms in the Netherlands
- PhD supervisor(s)
- prof. dr. J.A. Wagenaar
- prof. dr. J.A. Stegeman
- prof. dr. L. Mughini Gras
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