Growing Forward 2 - Final Report Project II | Page 53

PHASE B: STAKEHOLDER
CONSULTATION
Reporting the responses of veterinarians and non-veterinarians separately, Table 22 and Figure 18 show the level of agreement that
the “draft tactics will make a positive change to the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals”.
Table 22: Level of agreement for the “draft tactics will make a positive change”, showing veterinarians (‘vets”) and non-veterinarians (“other”)
separately.
Strongly agree/agree
Priority Initiative
Neither agree nor disagree
Disagree/strongly disagree
Vets
#(%*) Other
#(%*) Vets
#(%*) Other
#(%*) Vets
#(%*) Other
#(%*)
Voluntary veterinary CE 25(63%) 11(69%) 9(23%) 4(25%) 6(15%) 1(6%)
Develop/update farm SOPs 26(65%) 16(89%) 10(25%) 2(11%) 4(10%) 0(0%)
Promote use of farm SOPs 22(55%) 15(83%) 16(40%) 3(17%) 2(5%) 0(0%)
Develop producer education 28(70%) 12(75%) 8(20%) 4(25%) 6(15%) 0(0%)
Mandatory producer training 20(51%) 11(69%) 14(36%) 5(31%) 5(13%) 0(0%)
Standardize lab data/reporting 27(68%) 11(73%) 9(23%) 4(27%) 4(10%) 0(0%)
* total may not equal 100 due to rounding
STRONGLY AGREE/AGREE THE “DRAFT TACTICS WILL MAKE A
POSITIVE CHANGE”
80
60
40
20
0
Voluntary
Veterinary CE
Develop/Update
Farm SOPs
Promote Use
Develop Producer Mandatory Producer
Education
of Farm SOPs
Education
Priority Initiatives
Veterinarians
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Standardize Lab
Data/Reporting
Figure 18:
Percentage of
respondents
that strongly
agree or agree
that “the draft
tactics will
make a positive
change”,
showing
veterinarians
(‘vets”)
and non-
veterinarians
(“other”)
separately.
Other
Setting an Action Agenda for Veterinary Stewardship of Antibiotic Use in Food-Producing Animals in Ontario