| Statement | Numbers of individual’s corrected response | ||
| Swine producers (n = 76) | Poultry producers (n = 120) | Total (n = 196) | |
| Inappropriate antibiotics use can cause emergence of resistant bacteria. | 32 (42) | 44 (37) | 76 (39) |
| More frequent use of antibiotics in animals will increase their adverse effects in the future. | 43 (57) | 67 (56) | 110 (56) |
| There is no relationship between antibiotic use in animals and development of resistance.* | 32 (42) | 36 (30) | 68 (35) |
| Antibiotic resistance in animals is not important for public health.* | 30 (39) | 45 (38) | 75 (38) |
| Antibiotic resistance is linked from animal (and/or agriculture) to human and environment | 18 (24) | 38 (32) | 56 (29) |
| Rate of mean corrected responses | (41) | (39) | (39) |