Broiler farming and antibiotic use through an agency theory lens. A case study from West Bengal, India

• Mathew Hennessey ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mphennessey@rvc.ac.uk

  Affiliation Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health Group, Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, WOAH Collaborating Centre in Risk Analysis and Modelling, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2892-4198

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• Indranil Samanta,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, India

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• Guillaume Fournié,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health Group, Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, WOAH Collaborating Centre in Risk Analysis and Modelling, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR EPIA, Université de Lyon, Marcy l′Etoile, France, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR EPIA, Université Clermont Auvergne, Saint Genes Champanelle, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6998-1201

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• Matthew Quaife,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Evidera, United Kingdom

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• Meenakshi Gautham,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Global Health and Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Haidaruliman Paleja,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Kamdhenu University, Anand, India

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• Kumaravel Papaiyan,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Udumalpet, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5937-5988

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• Ripan Biswas,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Public Health, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, India

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• Pablo Alarcon

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health Group, Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, WOAH Collaborating Centre in Risk Analysis and Modelling, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

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