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Volume 27, Number 9—September 2021
Research

Reduction in Antimicrobial Use and Resistance to Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Escherichia coli in Broiler Chickens, Canada, 2013–2019

Laura HuberComments to Author , Agnes Agunos, Sheryl P. Gow, Carolee A. Carson, and Thomas P. Van Boeckel
Author affiliations: Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA (L. Huber); ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (L. Huber, T.P. Van Boeckel); Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (A. Agunos, C.A. Carson); Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (S.P. Gow); Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, Washington, DC, USA (T.P. Van Boeckel)

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Table 2

Incidence rate ratio of Escherichia coli nC from LASSO-penalized generalized mixed-effects Poisson model in a study of antimicrobial use and in broiler chickens, Canada, 2013–2019*

Variable Incidence rate ratio 2.50% CI 97.50% CI p value
Intercept
 1.5740809
 1.3050913
 1.8985113
 2.09 × 10-6†
Production system (referent comparison factor: conventional)
Antimicrobial-free‡
 1.0275338
 0.9170807
 1.1512897
 0.63969
Ideal disinfection method (referent comparison factor: no use of ideal method)
Use of ideal disinfection
 1.0133377
 0.9418401
 1.0902627
 0.722652
Continuous variables of antimicrobial use (mg/kg)
Injections (in ovo or subcutaneous§) 1.3588476 0.9911794 1.8628985 0.056785
Through feed 1.0015582 1.0008262 1.0022907 2.99 × 10-5†
Through water
 1.0032516
 1.0019576
 1.0045473
 8.23 × 10-7†
Sample collection year (referent comparison year: 2013)
2014 0.8881768 0.7850343 1.0048707 0.05972
2015 0.9555537 0.8431346 1.0829621 0.476499
2016 0.9458207 0.8349598 1.071401 0.381178
2017 0.9144284 0.8066086 1.0366604 0.162256
2018 0.8545609 0.7523902 0.9706058 0.015553†
2019
 0.7705043
 0.6770116
 0.8769079
 7.81 × 10-5†
Province (referent comparison province: Alberta)
British Columbia 1.2229891 1.0173109 1.4702509 0.032138†
Ontario 0.9922909 0.8315428 1.1841136 0.931604
Québec 1.3924895 1.1564315 1.6767333 0.000477†
Saskatchewan 0.4997466 0.3844197 0.649672 2.20 × 10-7†

*nC, number of antimicrobial classes to which each isolate was resistant. †Statistically significant (p<0.05). ‡Antimicrobial-free flocks were not exposed to medically important antimicrobials through any route of administration. §Subcutaneous route in young chicks at the hatchery.

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