Table 2.

Opinions about positive and negative aspects with regards to AMU reported in farmers' CI (16) and in farmers' advisors' CI (10).

	Farmers' (CI = 16) opinions				Farmers' advisors' (CI = 10) opinions
	Positive aspects	%	Negative aspects	%	Positive aspects	%	Negative aspects	%
Using antimicrobial	Disease treatment	100	Increases production costs	68.8	Disease prevention	80.0	Treatment failure	70.0
	Disease prevention	87.5	Reduces productivity	62.5	Avoids mortality	80.0	Reduces productivity	50.0
	Reduces mortality	50.0	Increases feed costs	50.0	Disease treatment	70.0	Antimicrobials residues in meat and egg	40.0
	Keeps flocks healthy	37.5	Treatment failure	37.5	Increases income	30.0	Increases production costs	40.0
	Increases income	6.3	Increases labor costs	25.0			Increases feed costs	40.0
			Risk of using counterfeit drugs	18.8
			Antimicrobials residues in meat and egg	18.8
Not using antimicrobial	Saves money through decreases costs of production	50.0	Increases mortality due to disease	62.5	Saves money through decreases costs of production	50.0	Increases mortality due to disease	60.0
	Increases productivity	31.3	Weakens the immune system	6.3	Increases meat and egg quality	40.0	Reduces productivity	10.0
	Provides safe products	31.2			Flock grows faster	20.0	Reduces income of vet drug-shop owners	10.0
	More time for other activities	18.8			No antimicrobials residues in meat and egg	10.0	Unable to cure diseases	10.0