Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

A randomised controlled trial to reduce highest priority critically important antimicrobial prescription in companion animals

  • David A. Singleton,
  • Angela Rayner,
  • Bethaney Brant,
  • Steven Smyth,
  • Peter-John M. Noble,
  • Alan D. Radford,
  • Gina L. Pinchbeck

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21864-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Effective use of antimicrobials in both humans and animals is essential to help slow the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. Here, Singleton et al. present a randomised controlled trial demonstrating the efficacy of social norm messaging to reduce antibiotic prescription frequency in veterinary surgeries.