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ArticleTropical animal health and production2022

Factors influencing usage of antimicrobial drugs among pastoralists in Kenya.

Dennis N Makau, Ilya Slizovskiy, Vincent Obanda, Noelle R Noyes, James R Johnson, Michael Oakes, Dominic Travis, Kimberly VanderWaal, George P Omondi

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Article in Tropical animal health and production, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Dennis N Makau *Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. dmakau@umn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1802-2545
Ilya Slizovskiy *Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Vincent ObandaWildlife Research and Training Institute, Naivasha, Kenya.
Noelle R NoyesDepartment of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
James R JohnsonVA Health Care System and Department of Medicine, Minneapolis , University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Michael OakesCase Western University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Dominic TravisDepartment of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Kimberly VanderWaal *Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
George P Omondi *Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
University of Minnesota · USCase Western Reserve University · USKenya Wildlife Service · KEMarine Mammal Center · US

Funding

Healthy Foods Healthy Lives Institute of the University of Minnesota 18SFR-2YR100KV
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Agricultural use of antimicrobials in food animal production may contribute to the global emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). However, considerable gaps exist in research on the use of antimicrobial drugs (AMDs) in food animals in small-scale production systems in low- and middle-income countries, despite the minimal regulation of antimicrobials in such regions. The aim of this study was to identify factors that may influence AMD use in livestock among pastoral communities in Kenya. We collected data related to household and herd demographics, herd health, and herd management from 55 households in the Maasai Mara ecosystem, Kenya, between 2018 and 2019. We used multi-model logistic regression inference (supervised machine learning) to ascertain trends in AMD use within these households. AMD use in cattle was significantly associated with AMD use in sheep and goats (p = 0.05), implying that decisions regarding AMD use in cattle or sheep and goats were interdependent. AMD use in sheep and goats was negatively associated with vaccination against the foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus in cattle (OR = 0.06, 95% CI 0.01-0.67, p = 0.02). Less AMD use was observed for vaccine-preventable diseases like contagious ecthyma when households had access to state veterinarians (OR = 0.06, p = 0.05, 95% CI 0.004-0.96). Overall, decisions to use AMDs were associated with vaccine usage, occurrence of respiratory diseases, and access to animal health advice. This hypothesis-generating study suggests that applying community-centric methods may be necessary to understand the use of AMDs in pastoral communities.

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Anti-Infective AgentsFoot-and-Mouth Disease VirusVeterinariansAnimalsCattleEcosystemGoatsHumansKenyaSheepAnti-Infective AgentsAntimicrobial useFood animalsKenyaMachine learningPastoral communities

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PMID36175571
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