Table 1.

Statements included in the constructs related to farmers’ attitudes to antimicrobial use and to the influence of veterinarians

Construct	Statements	No of answers per score of each statement: 1 (do not agree at al), 6 (fully agree)
		1	2	3	4	5	6
Perceived risks	AB are associated with risks for the pigs	11	18	13	10	5	2
	AB use in pig farming reduces the effectiveness of ABs in human medicine	5	12	14	11	8	9
	AB are used far too much in pig production	10	15	11	13	5	5
Perceived benefits	AB can be easily and quickly applied	3	5	13	7	15	15
	AB are very cost efficient	3	3	16	10	17	10
	The effect of AB in pigs is very fast	0	0	13	18	14	14
	The animals recover quickly due to AB	0	1	8	16	21	13
	AB highly reduce the number of deaths among pigs	2	11	8	13	15	10
Perceived need of AM	Keeping a large number of pigs is only possible with the intensive use of AB	19	23	6	8	2	1
	Disease incidents caused by the conditions of intensive pig farming can only be cured by AB	23	11	9	8	6	2
Contribution from veterinarians	My veterinarian informs me about the risks of antibiotic use	1	2	3	4	15	33
	My veterinarian informs me about how AB work	0	1	4	5	20	28
	My veterinarian informs me about the impact of alternative strategies and how to use them	1	1	9	11	16	21

AB antibiotic