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Parasite
Volume 30, 2023
Special Issue – Combatting Anthelmintic resistance in ruminants. Invited Editors: Johannes Charlier, Hervé Hoste, and Smaragda Sotiraki
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Article Number | 4 | |
Number of page(s) | 12 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2023002 | |
Published online | 10 February 2023 |
Research Article
Understanding the uptake of diagnostics for sustainable gastrointestinal nematode control by European dairy cattle farmers: a multi-country cross-sectional study
Comprendre l’adoption des diagnostics pour le contrôle durable des nématodes gastro-intestinaux par les producteurs laitiers européens : une étude transversale multi-pays
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Laboratory for Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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Department of Public Health Science, Faculty of Landscape and Society, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Fredrik A. Dahls vei 15, 1430 Ås, Norway
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Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1 Veterinærbygningen, Elizabeth Stephansens vei 15, 1430 Ås, Norway
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Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, CREMOPAR, Via Federico Delpino 1, 80137 Naples, Italy
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Institute of Parasitology, Department of Pathobiology, Vetmeduni, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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LKV Lower Austria, Pater Werner Deibl-Straße 4, 3910 Zwettl, Austria
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Institute for Parasitology, Centre for Infection Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Buenteweg 17, 30559 Hanover, Germany
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Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen, Frankfurter Str. 94, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Clinic for Ruminants with Ambulatory and Herd Health Services, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Sonnenstrasse 16, 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany
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Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
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CISAS - Center for Research and Development in Agrifood Systems and Sustainability, Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Rua Escola Industrial e Comercial de Nun’Àlvares, 4900-347 Viana do Castelo, Portugal
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Veterinary and Animal Research Centre (CECAV), UTAD, Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences (AL4AnimalS) Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Spiru Haret University, Bdul Basarabia 256, Sector 3, 030352, Romania
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Kreavet, Hendrik Mertensstraat 17, 9150 Kruibeke, Belgium
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The Moredun Research Institute, Pentlands Science Park, Penicuik, EH26 0PZ, United Kingdom
* Corresponding author: fiona.vandevelde@ugent.be
Received:
16
September
2021
Accepted:
6
January
2023
To mitigate emerging anthelmintic resistance (AR) in cattle, sustainable gastrointestinal nematode control strategies should be adopted. A multi-centre study was set up to understand the factors affecting European dairy cattle farmers’ adoption of diagnostics and to gauge for differences between regions. The data were collected through a multi-lingual survey by participating countries of the European Co-operation in Science and Technology (COST) action COMbatting Anthelmintic Resistance in ruminants (COMBAR). Four countries provided sufficient data to be included in the data analysis: Norway, Italy, Germany and Austria. Three models were estimated and validated through structural equation modelling. Norway, along with Germany and Austria (pooled dataset) showed similar trends that align with previous studies. AR risk perception had no influence on the adoption intention of diagnostics, a positive influence was found for attitude towards diagnostics and subjective norms (i.e., perceived opinion of others), and a negative influence of attitudes towards anthelminthics. Additionally, routine (i.e., perception of the current treatment) had an indirect effect on adoption intention through attitudes. Italy’s data deviated from these findings, presenting a positive effect of the perceived severity of AR, and perceived behavioural control (i.e., perceived ability to perform a specific behaviour) on adoption intention of diagnostics. Finally, Norway’s data set allowed for inclusion of a measurement of current behaviour in the model, identifying a direct positive effect of the perceived actual behaviour of other farmers on their own behaviour.
Résumé
Pour atténuer la résistance émergente aux anthelminthiques (RA) chez les bovins, des stratégies durables de contrôle des nématodes gastro-intestinaux devraient être adoptées. Une étude multicentrique a été réalisée pour comprendre les facteurs affectant l’adoption des diagnostics par les éleveurs de bovins laitiers européens, et pour évaluer les différences entre les régions. Les données ont été recueillies au moyen d’une enquête multilingue menée par les pays participants à l’action de European Co-operation in Science and Technology (COST) COMbatting Anthelmintic Resistance in ruminants (COMBAR). Quatre pays ont collecté suffisamment de données pour être inclus dans l’analyse statistique : la Norvège, l’Italie, l’Allemagne et l’Autriche. Trois modèles ont été estimés et validés par modélisation d’équations structurelles. La Norvège, et d’autre part l’Allemagne et l’Autriche (données regroupées) ont montré des tendances similaires qui correspondent aux études précédentes. La perception de la RA n’avait aucune influence sur l’intention d’adoption des diagnostics, une influence positive a été trouvée pour l’attitude envers les diagnostics et les normes subjectives (c’est-à-dire l’opinion perçue des autres), et une influence négative des attitudes envers les anthelminthiques. De plus, la routine (c’est-à-dire la perception du traitement actuel) a eu un effet indirect sur l’intention d’adoption par le biais des attitudes. Les données de l’Italie s’écartaient des résultats précédents, présentant un effet positif de la gravité perçue du risque de la RA, et du contrôle comportemental perçu (c’est-à-dire la capacité perçue à adopter un comportement spécifique) sur l’intention d’adoption de diagnostic. Enfin, l’ensemble de données de la Norvège a permis d’inclure une mesure du comportement actuel dans le modèle, identifiant un effet positif direct du comportement réel perçu des autres agriculteurs sur son propre comportement.
Key words: Dairy cattle / Anthelmintic resistance / Decision-making / Farmer behaviour / Multicentre study / Structural equation modelling
© F. Vande Velde et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2023
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