Table 2.

Survey results showing the practices of Tennessee dairy producers related to antimicrobial use, 2018.

Practice	Number of participants (percentage)
	Yes	Not sure	No
Farm keeps up-to-date written records of antimicrobial drug purchases (n = 40)	23 (57.5)	5 (12.5)	12 (30)
Farm keeps written records of medicated feeds purchased in the framework of VFD (n = 40)	20 (50)	3 (7.5)	17 (42.5)
Farm keeps up-to-date written records of antimicrobial drugs used to treat animals (n = 40)	28 (70)	4 (10)	8 (20)
Cattle on the farm are sometimes treated with antimicrobials at dosages higher than the label provision (n = 40)	9 (22.5)	1 (2.5)	30 (75)
Farm practices extra-label AMU (n = 38)	7 (18.4)	2 (5.3)	29 (76.3)
Farm has written protocols for treating sick animals with antimicrobials (n = 38)	17 (44.7)	3 (7.9)	18 (47.4)