消费者对食用动物抗生素使用的偏好和态度
Katherine E Adam1,2, Ann Bruce1
1Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 1LZ, UK.
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)
|October 27, 2023
概括
消费者对食用动物使用抗生素和抗菌素耐药性 (AMR) 的知识有限. 虽然许多人看到了好处,但存在重大不确定性,强调需要在农业中谨慎管理抗生素.
科学领域:
- 兽医公共卫生 兽医公共卫生
- 食品安全 食品安全
- 微生物学 微生物学
背景情况:
- 抗菌素耐药性 (AMR) 构成了全球健康的重大威胁,危及医疗程序.
- 在畜牧业中使用抗生素是AMR的关键因素,需要在动物福利和人类健康之间取得平衡.
- 确保抗生素的长期有效性需要仔细考虑它们在食用动物中的使用.
研究的目的:
- 调查消费者对食用动物使用抗生素的偏好和态度.
- 了解公众对平衡动物福利与人类健康益处的看法.
- 评估消费者对农业抗生素使用及其与AMR的联系的知识.
主要方法:
- 在5693名受访者中,使用来自英国四大超市的客户面板进行了调查.
- 收集的数据集中在消费者的态度,偏好和对食品生产动物抗生素使用的知识上.
- 分析对抗生素耐药性和农业抗生素使用的感知益处与危害的理解.
主要成果:
- 消费者通常对农业中的抗生素使用和AMR知识有限,在许多问题上约有50%的不确定性.
- 值得注意的一部分 (40%) 同意使用抗生素治疗农场动物疾病的好处超过了危害.
- 显著的百分比 (44%) 保持中立,表明广泛的不确定性和可能不稳定的公众对食用动物使用抗生素的看法.
结论:
- 公众对农业中的抗生素使用和AMR的了解不足.
- 虽然承认有好处,但存在相当大的不确定性,这强调了需要提高公众意识和教育的必要性.
- 针对食品动物更明智地使用抗生素的持续努力对于有效打击抗菌素耐药性至关重要.
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