Impacts on dairy management and acceptability of a law restricting use of Class 1 antimicrobial

In a recent study conducted in the province of Quebec it was determined that 34% of antimicrobials used on dairies are antimicrobials of very high importance for humans (AKA Category 1 antimicrobials; Lardé et al., personal communication). However, since February 2019, a new regulation restricts their use in food producing animals in Quebec’s province, Thus, the objectives of this project are to determine the impacts of the implementation of a new regulation aimed at restricting category I AMU on the sale of veterinary drugs on dairy farms in Quebec by measuring the change in Category 1 AMU on dairies following application of the new regulation, investigating factors that are associated with reducing Category 1 AMU and exploring the main barriers and facilitators to the implementation of this new regulation. In France a similar legislation was implemented in 2016. Thus, doing an internship at l’INRAE will be helpful to develop hypothesis in the study of factors that are associated with a decrease in category 1 antimicrobials (objective 2 of the research project) and to target themes to explore with the qualitative interviews (objective 3 of the research project).

Faculty Supervisor:

Cécile Aenishaenslin;Simon Dufour

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École nationale vétérinaire, agroalimentaire et de l'alimentation, Nantes-Atlantique

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Agriculture and Food

University:

Université de Montréal

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