Hunters’ view on the control of African swine fever in wild boar. A participatory study in Latvia

A Comparison of Perceptions of Estonian and Latvian Hunters With Regard to the Control of African Swine Fever

“…The participatory methods used by Urner et al (24,25) were adapted from Calba et al (13) and Schulz et al (11). The FGDs were divided into two tasks with regard to control measures and two tasks concerning passive surveillance.…”

“…To calculate the trust T SHi for a mentioned stakeholder (a) SH i , the number of stakeholders mentioned in all groups SH, the number of groups which mentioned stakeholder (a) N SHi , the number of stakeholders in the group in which stakeholder (a) was mentioned C SH j and the glass beans allocated to stakeholder (a) in each group GB ij were taken into account. Details are described in Urner et al (24,25).…”

“…To employ the advantages of PE by investigating perceptions of hunters and thus learning more about their motivations or reasons for hindrance to support ASF control in wild boar, two PE studies were conducted in Estonia and Latvia. In both studies, the same methods of FGD and visualization methods were used and regional opinions on the acceptance of ASF control measures and passive surveillance were collected and analyzed (24,25). In the present study, the results of these two studies were compared, thus assessing similarities and differences.…”

SVEPM 2020 — Resilience and community support in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: The Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Annual Conference, extraordinarily held online

“…Participatory methods aimed at capturing stakeholders’ perspectives in complex control scenarios were also employed by Dhand et al (2021) and Urner et al (2021) . Dhand et al (2021) organized focus groups of veterinarians, farmers and other stakeholders in India to discuss strategies for brucellosis control in the unique context of Hindu society, where cattle are considered sacred and test-and-cull strategies are not feasible.…”

“…Dhand et al (2021) organized focus groups of veterinarians, farmers and other stakeholders in India to discuss strategies for brucellosis control in the unique context of Hindu society, where cattle are considered sacred and test-and-cull strategies are not feasible. Urner et al (2021) also highlighted the need to consider stakeholder acceptability when designing disease control strategies, as compliance is necessary for effectiveness. The authors reached out to hunters in Latvia to assess their willingness and motivation to support passive surveillance in wild boars, a key component of African swine fever control.…”