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antibiotic resistance global health concern humans acquire antibiotic resistance humantohuman transmission environment via food chain contact animals national action plan antimicrobial resistance 20202024 highlights prudent use antibiotics veterinary activities key element keeping antibiotics effective determined factors associated misuse antibiotics among animal health professionals rwanda crosssectional study enrolled animal health field professionals five districts stratified random sampling used select one district province rwanda structured questions used facetoface interviews misuse antibiotics defined use antibiotics reasons treatment noncompletion required courses use high dose ie overdose antibiotics collected sociodemographic data respondents well elementary knowledge perceptions veterinary antibiotics antibiotic resistance backward stepwise logistic regression model used identify factors predictive inappropriate use antibiotics 256 respondents survey 198 male 58 female almost three quarters respondents n 174256 68 reported misuse antibiotics least previous 12 months final logistic regression analysis identified following factors predictive antibiotics misuse aged 24 years aor 092 95 ci 088 096 p 0001 low trust veterinary antibiotics available local market aor 845 95 ci 418 1707 p 001 insufficient knowledge basic understanding antibiotics antibiotic resistance aor 278 95 ci 138 558 p 001 acquiring continuing education aor 197 95 ci 102 419 p 004 study identified inadequate perceptions proper antibiotic use among animal health professionals need continuous education appropriate antibiotic use among animal health professionals lessen negative impact antibiotic resistance public health security