Table 1 Percentage (N) of responses to statements (‘observed variables’) provided by commercial layer and broiler chicken farmers in Chattogram, Bangladesh.
Statement | Strongly disagree | Disagree | Do not know | Agree | Strongly agree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% (N) | % (N) | % (N) | % (N) | % (N) | |
Behaviour | |||||
I am increasing the dosage of antimicrobials when I am experiencing more chicken getting sick or dying (Beh1)* | 5.1 (7) | 43.8 (60) | 0.0 (0) | 48.9 (67) | 2.2 (3) |
I always have a range of antimicrobials available on my farm, even if I do not used them all (Beh3)* | 5.8 (8) | 61.3 (84) | 0.0 (0) | 32.8 (45) | 0.0 (0) |
Self-efficacy | |||||
I believe that stronger laws and enforcement of the law are needed to reduce antimicrobial usage (SEff3) | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 5.1 (7) | 47.4 (65) | 47.4 (65) |
I would invest time and money to further improve farm hygiene and biosecurity to reduce the usage of antimicrobial on my farm (SEff4) | 0.0 (0) | 10.9 (15) | 4.4 (6) | 64.2 (88) | 20.4 (28) |
Goals | |||||
Antimicrobials lead to a healthy growth of chickens (Goal1)* | 3.6 (5) | 55.5 (76) | 2.2 (3) | 32.8 (45) | 5.8 (8) |
Antimicrobials help chickens to recover from disease (Goal2)* | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 0.7 (1) | 87.6 (120) | 11.7 (16) |
Antimicrobials help increasing egg production or improving the quality of the chicken meat (Goal3)* | 5.1 (7) | 73.0 (100) | 11.7 (16) | 8.0 (11) | 2.2 (3) |
