Identification of antibiotic use patterns in poultry farms in the southwest region of Bangladesh

The study was conducted in southwestern Bangladesh, 90 chicken farmers were surveyed across three upazilas under three districts of southwestern Bangladesh to understand the practices and farmers' perceptions of antibiotic use in poultry farming. Data were collected through direct interviews of...

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Main Authors: Sarder Safiqul Islam, Ratna Ghosh, Md. Shafiqul Islam, Minhazul Abedin Sun, Mustajabur Rahman, Dhiman Mondol
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Published: IJARIT Research Foundation 2024-12-01
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Ratna Ghosh
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Minhazul Abedin Sun
Mustajabur Rahman
Dhiman Mondol
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description The study was conducted in southwestern Bangladesh, 90 chicken farmers were surveyed across three upazilas under three districts of southwestern Bangladesh to understand the practices and farmers' perceptions of antibiotic use in poultry farming. Data were collected through direct interviews of poultry farmers using a pre-tested interview schedule. The results showed that the highest percentage of farmers kept broilers in their farms (30.0%), followed by layer (28.9%), Sonali (26.7%) and cockerel (14.4%). Farmers marketed broilers at an average of 35 days with a live weight of 2187.04 kg bird-1 and egg production of layer chickens was 88.88%. The majority of chicken farmers (84.44%) used antibiotics while 47.8% and 92.2% of farmers used probiotics and vitamin-mineral supplements for chicken. The use of antibiotics was suggested by various people such as veterinary doctors (35.56%), animal health workers (23.33%), drug company representatives (20.00%) and self (5.56%). More than half of the chicken farmers (56.67%) applied antibiotics regularly and the highest percentage was supplied through water (82.2%). Half of chicken farmers used antibiotics for disease prevention (50.00%), followed by treatment of sick chickens (31.11%), growth promotion (2.22%) and both disease prevention & growth promotion (1.11%). The majority of the farmers did not know about the negative impacts of antibiotic use in poultry farming (87.8%), among the remaining 7.8% of farmers said it was carcinogenic, 3.3% stated it was toxicity in humans and only 1.1% said it had no effect of antibiotics in human health. It can be concluded that most of the chicken farmers are using antibiotics indiscriminately which suggests proper education and awareness creation of poultry farmers to reduce the risks associated with antibiotic use.
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spelling doaj-art-ca11212fc3954ae7aa6564b21d2212032025-02-02T14:31:50ZengIJARIT Research FoundationInternational Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology2224-06162024-12-0114218https://doi.org/10.3329/ijarit.v14i2.79370Identification of antibiotic use patterns in poultry farms in the southwest region of BangladeshSarder Safiqul Islam0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3641-2405Ratna Ghosh1https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1637-1329Md. Shafiqul Islam2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2598-7254Minhazul Abedin Sun3https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7326-9517Mustajabur Rahman4https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6225-4761Dhiman Mondol5https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7373-8417Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, BangladeshAgrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, BangladeshAgrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, BangladeshAgrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, BangladeshAgrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, BangladeshAgrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, BangladeshThe study was conducted in southwestern Bangladesh, 90 chicken farmers were surveyed across three upazilas under three districts of southwestern Bangladesh to understand the practices and farmers' perceptions of antibiotic use in poultry farming. Data were collected through direct interviews of poultry farmers using a pre-tested interview schedule. The results showed that the highest percentage of farmers kept broilers in their farms (30.0%), followed by layer (28.9%), Sonali (26.7%) and cockerel (14.4%). Farmers marketed broilers at an average of 35 days with a live weight of 2187.04 kg bird-1 and egg production of layer chickens was 88.88%. The majority of chicken farmers (84.44%) used antibiotics while 47.8% and 92.2% of farmers used probiotics and vitamin-mineral supplements for chicken. The use of antibiotics was suggested by various people such as veterinary doctors (35.56%), animal health workers (23.33%), drug company representatives (20.00%) and self (5.56%). More than half of the chicken farmers (56.67%) applied antibiotics regularly and the highest percentage was supplied through water (82.2%). Half of chicken farmers used antibiotics for disease prevention (50.00%), followed by treatment of sick chickens (31.11%), growth promotion (2.22%) and both disease prevention & growth promotion (1.11%). The majority of the farmers did not know about the negative impacts of antibiotic use in poultry farming (87.8%), among the remaining 7.8% of farmers said it was carcinogenic, 3.3% stated it was toxicity in humans and only 1.1% said it had no effect of antibiotics in human health. It can be concluded that most of the chicken farmers are using antibiotics indiscriminately which suggests proper education and awareness creation of poultry farmers to reduce the risks associated with antibiotic use.https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/IJARIT/article/view/79370/52042antibiotic residuedisease preventionfarmers' perceptionimpact of antibioticspublic health
spellingShingle Sarder Safiqul Islam
Ratna Ghosh
Md. Shafiqul Islam
Minhazul Abedin Sun
Mustajabur Rahman
Dhiman Mondol
Identification of antibiotic use patterns in poultry farms in the southwest region of Bangladesh
International Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology
antibiotic residue
disease prevention
farmers' perception
impact of antibiotics
public health
title Identification of antibiotic use patterns in poultry farms in the southwest region of Bangladesh
title_full Identification of antibiotic use patterns in poultry farms in the southwest region of Bangladesh
title_fullStr Identification of antibiotic use patterns in poultry farms in the southwest region of Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Identification of antibiotic use patterns in poultry farms in the southwest region of Bangladesh
title_short Identification of antibiotic use patterns in poultry farms in the southwest region of Bangladesh
title_sort identification of antibiotic use patterns in poultry farms in the southwest region of bangladesh
topic antibiotic residue
disease prevention
farmers' perception
impact of antibiotics
public health
url https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/IJARIT/article/view/79370/52042
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