Abstract
Veterinary drugs have proven to be one of the most valuable tools in preserving animal health. With an increase in the use and availability of veterinary drugs, residues of veterinary drugs in animal origin food has become a public health concern and has received much attention from government agencies, consumer level, media and other concerned public interest groups. The objectives of the study were to identify the perspectives associated with the poor management for maintenance of withdrawal period of veterinary drugs in Bangladesh so that the development of relevant strategies for maintenance of withdrawal period of veterinary drugs could be achieved in context of environmental realities in Bangladesh. The survey was interpretive in nature using quantitative methods. A non-experimental and descriptive research design was used to conduct this study. The survey study was carried out at seven divisions (i.e. Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Dhaka, Sylhet, Barishal and Chattogram) in Bangladesh during July 2012 to June 2018 by using close ended questionnaires among randomly selected respondents. Survey instruments were also designed to capture the perspectives of two different groups of government veterinarians: Group 1– Veterinary Surgeons of DLS, Bangladesh and Group 2 –Upazila Livestock Officers of DLS, Bangladesh. The findings indicated the knowledge, beliefs and perceptions of respondents. The research findings divulge that different perspectives/dimensions associated with economic loss, compensation support, awareness, ethical motivation, monitoring system, proper legislation and guideline, cooperative and group livestock production as well as marketing system had „moderate to substantial role‟ with the management for maintenance of withdrawal period of veterinary drugs in Bangladesh. Besides these, findings also indicated that other perspectives/dimensions associated with allocation of subsidies and Bank loan with low interest, opportunity of livestock/ poultry insurance services, capacity enhancement for monitoring system, availability of technology to producers level, extension work with motivation, magistracy empowerment for veterinarians, legal influence, capacity enhancement of DLS staff, building of public awareness on drug residue problem and availability of effective equipment as well as modern analytical techniques for diagnostic analysis of chemical/drug residues also had „moderate to substantial role‟ with the development of relevant strategies for maintenance of withdrawal period of veterinary drugs. Findings indicated that the two groups of veterinarians possessed near to similar/same perceptions across different dimensions/perspectives associated with the development of relevant strategies for maintenance of withdrawal period of veterinary drugs in Bangladesh and that no significant differences in perspectives existed (p> .05). Findings of this study could be implemented for formulation of effective policy as well as guideline with the development of relevant strategies for maintenance of withdrawal period of veterinary drugs in context of environmental realities in Bangladesh.
 Asian Australas. J. Food Saf. Secur. 2018, 2(2), 71-78
Highlights
Veterinary drugs are rationally important to meet the challenges for providing adequate amounts of food for the growing world population (Crawford, 1985) as veterinary drugs are interlinked to improve the rate of weight gain, improvement of feed efficiency, or effective to prevent as well as treatment of diseases in food producing animals (Crawford, 1985)
Factors associated with weak/poor management in maintaining withdrawal period of veterinary drugs in Bangladesh The respondents were requested to indicate their level of agreement to the following statements on „factors associated with poor management in maintaining withdrawal period of veterinary drugs in the localities of Bangladesh
Economic loss concept: „Economic loss concept (i.e. The economic loss concept was based on cost-benefit analysis considering economic calculation of input and output in rearing system of farm management) to farmers level due to wastage as well as spoilage of such drug residue containing animal origin products which is supposed to occur from the maintenance of withdrawal period of veterinary drugs‟ had moderate to substantial role for poor management in maintaining withdrawal period of veterinary drugs in the localities of Bangladesh
Summary
Veterinary drugs are rationally important to meet the challenges for providing adequate amounts of food for the growing world population (Crawford, 1985) as veterinary drugs are interlinked to improve the rate of weight gain, improvement of feed efficiency, or effective to prevent as well as treatment of diseases in food producing animals (Crawford, 1985). The benefit of improved production from the use of veterinary drugs in food producing animals is not gained without the risk associated with drug residues that persist in the tissues of treated animals at the time of slaughter (Sarker et al, 2018). Drugs given to birds and animals both orally or parentally might be in concerning tissues, when the birds or animals are slaughtered without observance of withdrawal period or when milk or eggs are harvested as well as provided within the withdrawal period of the drug (Althaus et al, 2003). Considering the importance of withdrawal period of veterinary drugs in wholesome as well as safe animal origin food production in community, this article mentioned some important perspectives associated with the poor/weak management in maintenance of withdrawal period of veterinary drugs in Bangladesh.
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