Assessment of Farmer’s Knowledge of Antimicrobial Resistance, Their Practice of Antimicrobial Usage and Biosecurity Status of Poultry Farms in Kathmandu Valley and Chitwan District, Nepal

The poultry industry has transformed into one of the vibrant economic activities in Nepal, contributing to almost 4% national GDP. We conducted a cross-sectional survey among farmers Kathmandu valley and Chitwan district assess their knowledge antimicrobial resistance (AMR); practice usage biosecurity status farms. was done understand level gap regarding successful farming with strict protocol minimal use antibiotics. A semi-structured questionnaire prepared interview total 112 farmers, 56 respondents from each study sites. Only nineteen percent (11/56) 16% (9/56) that knew about (AMR). Doxycycline (25.9%, 29/112) most used antibiotic followed by Tylosin (21.5%, 24/112), Colistin (18.75%, 21/112), Ciprofloxacin (13.4%, 15/112) Neomycin (12.5%, 14/112) both districts. Majority surveyed lacked proper awareness importance considerate drugs, effectiveness implementing protocols farms, increasing challenge AMR present world scenario. findings results this identify critical gaps concerning day-to-day operations business. Immediate strategic actions road-maps are required solve burgeoning problem considering imprudent antibiotics sector. Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 10(1): 50-59.