Table 8.

Justifications for the economic advantage for antimicrobial use by farmers in a case study into antimicrobial use in broilers in Indonesia.

	No.	Percentage	Quotations
Increased productivity	108	33%	‘Accelerate chicken growth.’ ‘Very good for chicken body weight.’ ‘Stable body weight with rising tendencies.’
Healthier chickens	97	29%	‘Reduce mortality.’ ‘Mortality rates can be reduced.’
Reduced mortality	84	25%	‘Chickens will be healthy if medicated with the right antibiotics.’
For disease prevention	66	20%	‘Prevent disease.’
Treating disease	37	11%	‘If chickens are sick, have not found any substitute for antibiotics.’