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. 2019 Mar 25;8(1):33. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics8010033

Table 9.

An overview of the materials and methods used to characterize the economics of antimicrobials and describe antimicrobial use behaviors and attitudes to AMR in key livestock sectors in Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Indonesia Thailand Vietnam
Production system Small-medium commercial broiler production Small-medium commercial pig production Small-medium commercial pig production
Number of farms in sample 419 11 40
Location of sample farms Central Java province (n = 75)
West Kalimantan province (n = 293)
Lampung province (n = 51)
Central region of Thailand—greater Bangkok South—Dong Nai province (n = 20)
North—Nam Dinh province (n = 20)
Number of farm visits for data collection 1 1 2
Collection of quantitative antimicrobial use data Farmers asked to describe routine antimicrobial use
Farmer recall of retrospective data over the last 2 broiler cycles
Farmers asked to describe routine antimicrobial use
Farmer recall of retrospective data over the last pig cycle
Farmers asked to describe routine antimicrobial use
Collection of on-farm antimicrobial use data over a six-week period through farmer’s retaining antimicrobial packaging (questionnaire conducted over two visits)
Economic antimicrobial use and productivity data Farmer recall of retrospective data over the last 12 months Farmer recall of retrospective data over the last 12 months Collection of data over a six-week period (questionnaire conducted over two visits)
Qualitative data on farmer attitudes Likert scale and open questions Likert scale and open questions Likert scale and open questions
Time of data collection September 2018 October 2018 January–March 2018
Case study collaborators FAO regional office, Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health Services (DGLAHS) and Center for Indonesian Veterinary Analytical Studies (CIVAS) National Institute for Veterinary Research (NIVR) Chulalongkorn University