Outputs (4)

Identifying veterinary surgeons’ barriers to, and potential solutions for, improving antimicrobial stewardship among sheep farmers in Northern Ireland (2024)
Journal Article
Crawford, P. E., Hamer, K., Lovatt, F., Behnke, M. C., & Robinson, P. A. (2024). Identifying veterinary surgeons’ barriers to, and potential solutions for, improving antimicrobial stewardship among sheep farmers in Northern Ireland. Veterinary Record Open, 11(1), Article e278. https://doi.org/10.1002/vro2.78

Background: In order to improve antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), including changes in antimicrobial prescribing and use, an enhanced understanding is needed of the barriers that veterinary surgeons (vets) encounter to institute such change. Methods:... Read More about Identifying veterinary surgeons’ barriers to, and potential solutions for, improving antimicrobial stewardship among sheep farmers in Northern Ireland.

Antibiotic use in the Northern Irish sheep flock: What lessons can be learnt from medicine records and farmer attitudes to improve stewardship of these essential medicines? (2024)
Journal Article
Crawford, P. E., Hamer, K., Lovatt, F., Behnke, M. C., & Robinson, P. A. (in press). Antibiotic use in the Northern Irish sheep flock: What lessons can be learnt from medicine records and farmer attitudes to improve stewardship of these essential medicines?. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 226, Article 106169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2024.106169

Stewardship of antibiotics used in livestock production has come under increasing scrutiny, from both the animal welfare point of view and due to concerns that antibiotic use in livestock may pose a risk to human health through sele... Read More about Antibiotic use in the Northern Irish sheep flock: What lessons can be learnt from medicine records and farmer attitudes to improve stewardship of these essential medicines?.

Flock health planning: How to move from a plan to a reflective planning process in northern Irish sheep flocks? (2024)
Journal Article
Crawford, P. E., Hamer, K., Lovatt, F., Behnke, M. C., & Robinson, P. A. (in press). Flock health planning: How to move from a plan to a reflective planning process in northern Irish sheep flocks?. Annals of Applied Biology, 184(3), 339-351. https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.12907

Flock health planning has been advocated as part of a wider drive within livestock production for veterinarians and farmers to adopt a prevention‐focused approach to veterinary medicine. This approach has, at its core, a cyclical process of assessmen... Read More about Flock health planning: How to move from a plan to a reflective planning process in northern Irish sheep flocks?.

SVEPM 2023, the annual conference of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine: Toulouse finally welcomes us in person (2024)
Journal Article
Dórea, F. C., Vergne, T., Correia-Gomes, C., Carmo, L. P., Fischer, E. A., Messam, L. L. M., …Robinson, P. A. (2024). SVEPM 2023, the annual conference of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine: Toulouse finally welcomes us in person. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 226, Article 106174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2024.106174