Collaborative co-design and development of a smartphone application to promote veterinary antimicrobial stewardship

Dana Jelinski1, Danielle A Julien1, Karin Orsel1

  • 1AMR - One Health Consortium, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Jelinski, Julien, Orsel, Barkema, Conly); Department of Production Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Orsel, Barkema); Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (Weese); Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada (Weese); Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Conly); Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Conly); Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Barkema); Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Conly); Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases and O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Barkema, Conly); W21C Research and Innovation Centre, O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Conly).

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