消费者接受菌体技术用于微生物控制
Taylor Thompson1, Valerie Kilders2, Nicole Widmar1
1Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA.
Scientific reports
|October 25, 2024
概括
消费者对细菌菌体的接受,这是一种用于细菌控制的非抗生素替代品,与对抗生素和菌体的熟悉有关. 关于菌体的信息并没有显著改变人们对质量属性的看法.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 食品科学 食品科学 食品科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 抗微生物耐药性 (AMR) 是一个日益严重的全球问题,需要替代策略来控制细菌感染.
- "一个健康"倡议促进了对抗药性耐药性的整体方法,包括公众参与.
- 菌体提供了一个非抗生素的替代品,但消费者接受是不确定的,特别是在食品生产中.
研究的目的:
- 评估消费者对菌体的知识,熟悉度和接受度,作为家禽生产中抗生素的替代品.
- 评估消费者对抗药物耐药性的看法,以及他们是否愿意采用新的微生物控制技术.
- 确定细菌菌体信息对消费者对抗菌素耐药性和品质的看法的影响.
主要方法:
- 对1497名巴基斯坦消费者进行了调查.
- 评估了对抗生素,菌体和AMR的知识.
- 在提供信息之前和之后评估了接受替代技术的意愿和对质量的看法.
主要成果:
- 熟悉抗生素和细菌菌体与接受替代微生物控制技术显著相关.
- 消费者认为抗菌素耐药性是一种威胁,与接受这些替代品有关.
- 提供关于菌体的信息并没有显著改变对大多数质量属性的看法.
结论:
- 消费者对抗微生物耐药性 (AMR) 和菌体的熟悉对于在食品生产中接受替代微生物控制技术至关重要.
- 有针对性的教育可能是必要的,以增加对菌体技术的理解和接受.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索消费者认知和潜在的采用障碍.
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