ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Non-Clinical Factors Determining the Prescription of Antibiotics by Veterinarians: A Systematic Review.
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- Understanding how veterinarians' knowledge, attitudes, and practices influence antibiotic prescription: a systematic review of survey studies.BMC veterinary research · 2025Pooled it
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- Veterinary Prescriptions of Antibiotics Approved for Human Use: A Five-Year Analysis of Companion Animal Use and Regulatory Gaps in Brazil.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- An exploratory mixed methods study on shared decision-making and antibiotic prescribing for pet cats and dogs in Singapore veterinary clinics.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The VALUE of antibiotic stewardship for companion animals: Understanding appropriate antibiotic prescribing for pet cats and dogs in veterinary clinics in Singapore.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- Antimicrobial prescription practices and opinions regarding antimicrobial resistance among veterinarians in Palestine 2024.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- Veterinarians' attitudes, knowledge, and practices about antibiotic use in animals: questionnaire design and reliability.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Capturing the complexity of veterinarians' antibiotic prescribing practices in the livestock sector: a meta-ethnography across contexts: Veterinarians' antibiotic prescribing in different contexts.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2024Review
- Diagnostic utility of acute phase proteins and their ability to guide antibiotic usage in pigs, horses, and cattle: a mapping review.Acta veterinaria Scandinavica · 2024Review
- Comparative Analysis of Methicillin-ResistantAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Identifying veterinary surgeons' barriers to, and potential solutions for, improving antimicrobial stewardship among sheep farmers in Northern Ireland.Veterinary record open · 2024Article
- A qualitative analysis of the unwritten rules influencing antibiotic prescribing practices among French poultry veterinarians.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2024Article
- Quality of Data Recording and Antimicrobial Use in a Municipal Veterinary Clinic in Ghana.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- Magnitude and determinants of inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics in dentistry: a nation-wide study.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2023Article
- Knowledge, Perceptions, and Perspectives of Medical Students Regarding the Use of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance: A Qualitative Research in Galicia, Spain.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- 'Brave Enough': A Qualitative Study of Veterinary Decisions to Withhold or Delay Antimicrobial Treatment in Pets.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice Regarding Antibiotic Prescription by Medical Interns: A Qualitative Study in Spain.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A Survey on the Rationale Usage of Antimicrobial Agents in Small Animal Clinics and Farms in Trinidad and Jamaica.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
The misuse of antibiotics in humans, animals, and plants is related to the spread of resistant antibiotic strains among humans and animals. In this paper, we carry out a bibliographic search of Medline, Web of Knowledge, and Cab Abstracts with the main objective of ascertaining the available evidence on non-clinical factors and attitudes that could influence the prescription of antibiotics by veterinarians. A total of 34 studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Whereas, veterinary health professionals' prescribing habits did not appear to be influenced by their socio-demographic characteristics, they were influenced by different attitudes, such as fear (identified in 19 out of 34 studies), self-confidence (19/34), business factors (19/34), and by complacency (16/34). Certain owner-related factors, such as lack of awareness (16/34) and demand for antibiotics (12/34), were also important, as were concurrent factors, ranging from a lack of appropriate regulations (10/34) to the expense and delays involved in performing culture and sensitivity tests (10/34) and inadequate farm hygiene (8/34). Our results appear to indicate that the non-clinical factors are potentially modifiable. This may be useful for designing interventions targeted at improving antibiotic use in animals, as part of an overall strategy to reduce the global spread of multi-resistant strains.
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