Outcomes from an intervention study implementing fee‐free culture and susceptibility urine testing in dogs and cats
Cost is a barrier to susceptibility testing being undertaken in most cases. Removal of the cost barrier and provision of a decision support tool resulted in positive changes to reported antimicrobial prescribing behaviour.
Authors
- Leanne Etheridge
- Magdoline Awad
- Kirsten E. Bailey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6444-5506)
- Laura Y. Hardefeldt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-7567)
- Anna Sri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0843-4877)
- Ri Scarborough (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7021-0893)
- James Rudkin Gilkerson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1801-4817)
- Amy W. Hii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2200-7411)
Institutions
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- CO2CRC (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Veterinary Record
- Published
- 2025-06-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.5500
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.71
Funders
- Australian Government
- Australian Research Council