Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice Survey on Antimicrobials and Antimicrobial Resistance Amongst Indian Veterinary Students and Graduates, 2021-2022

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an urgent global one health challenge and irrational and over use of antimicrobials in livestock production and human medicine is contributing to this problem. This online questionnaire was part of a large interdisciplinary research project on the drivers for AMR and the role of livestock and poultry production in India (see www.liverpool.ac.uk/infection-and-global-health/research/darpi/) involving multiple UK and Indian partners, with this specific survey led by the University of Liverpool, University of Edinburgh and the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University. This study was designed to help us understand how and what veterinary students are taught, their knowledge and attitudes around AMR and antimicrobial use. Participates were invited to take part in this study if they had recently graduated or were near to the completion of their veterinary course and will be a future prescriber and therefore represent a important stakeholder.