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Winter, Joanne R. and Green, Laura E. (2018) Quantifying the beliefs of key players in the UK sheep industry on the efficacy of two treatments for footrot. The Veterinary Journal, 239 . pp. 15-20. doi:10.1016/j.tvjl.2018.07.009
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2018.07.009
Abstract
Clinical trials have demonstrated that sheep with footrot treated with parenteral and topical antibiotic treatment without foot trimming (treatment A), have achieved cure faster than sheep treated with foot trimming and topical antibiotic (treatment B). We investigated how key players in the UK sheep industry recommended treating footrot, and tested whether reviewing the evidence surrounding treatment of footrot changed their beliefs. Eight key players attended a workshop to investigate current practice, and their perceived efficacy of treatments using probabilistic elicitation.
All participants recommended use of antibiotic injection but only four recommended not foot trimming feet with footrot. Initial beliefs in the difference in cure rate within five days of treatment ranged from 30-97% in favour of treatment A (true difference 60%); this heterogeneity reduced after reviewing the evidence. Participants who believed the cure rate differed by >60% over-estimated the cure rate of treatment A whilst participants who believed the difference was <60% over-estimated the efficacy of treatment B. During discussions, participants stated that parenteral antibiotics had always been recommended as a treatment for footrot but that the new research clarified when to use them. In contrast, it was highly novel to hear that foot trimming was detrimental to recovery, and key players and farmers are taking longer to accept this evidence. Three months after the workshop, three participants stated that they now placed greater emphasis on rapid individual antibiotic treatment of lame sheep and not foot trimming feet.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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| Subjects: | S Agriculture > SF Animal culture | |||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) | |||||||||
| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | |||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Footrot in sheep -- Treatment, Antibiotics, Livestock | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Veterinary Journal | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier BV | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 1090-0233 | |||||||||
| Official Date: | 21 July 2018 | |||||||||
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| Volume: | 239 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 15-20 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tvjl.2018.07.009 | |||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | |||||||||
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