Knowledge and attitudes of Australian livestock producers concerning biosecurity practices

Paquette, CC; Schemann, Kathrin; Ward, Michael P.

doi:10.1111/avj.13005

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“…As a result, there is a noticeable transition occurring from traditional small-scale production to large-scale commercial production to meet these increasing demands [9]. Previous research has indicated that medium and large farmers are more aware and interested in adopting biosecurity interventions [29,30]. This explains the voluntary participation of the majority of the medium and large-scale dairy farmers in the study region.…”

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Situation Analysis and Recommendations for the Biosecurity Status of Dairy Farms in Punjab, India: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Dhaka,

Chantziaras,

Vijay

et al. 2023

Animals

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Farm biosecurity is an important herd management strategy to assure infection prevention and animal health. The present study aimed to evaluate the implementation of biosecurity measures on dairy farms in Punjab, India, using the standardized Biocheck.UGent™ scoring system. Convenience sampling was used to select 94 dairy farms, comprising both cattle and buffaloes, with a mean herd size of 74.8 animals. The study found that the mean external and internal biosecurity scores for the selected dairy farms were 45.4% and 43.7%, respectively. Among the subcategories, the highest external biosecurity score was observed for ‘vermin control and other animals’ (63%), and the highest internal biosecurity score was observed for ‘adult cattle management’ (76.6%). Whereas the lowest score for external biosecurity was observed for ‘purchase and reproduction’ (30.6%), and the lowest score for internal biosecurity was observed for ‘health management’ (33.6%). The overall mean biosecurity score of the present study was 44.8%, which was lower than the overall mean global score of 52%. The correlation analysis indicated a positive correlation between herd size and overall biosecurity scores, indicating that larger farms had, on average, higher biosecurity scores. Based on these results, it can be concluded that the implementation of biosecurity measures on dairy farms in Punjab needs improvement, especially in the subcategories of ‘purchase and reproduction’ and ‘health management’. Further research to identify the factors influencing the implementation of biosecurity measures on dairy farms in the region is recommended.

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Situation Analysis and Recommendations for the Biosecurity Status of Dairy Farms in Punjab, India: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Dhaka,

Chantziaras,

Vijay

et al. 2023

Animals

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“…Some government veterinary services highlighted a lack of biosecurity awareness among farmers, which could be the fault of government veterinarians, or of private veterinarians, to whom farmers often turn to for reliable information ( 63 ). Hence it could be interesting to evaluate the impact of the sanctioning and advisory roles served mainly by the government veterinary services, but also by private veterinarians, regarding the ultimate day-to-day implementation of biosecurity measures by farmers.…”

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Government veterinarians' perceptions of routine biosecurity focused on dairy cattle farms in north-western and north-eastern Spain

Moya

Navea²,

Casal³

et al. 2023

Front. Vet. Sci.

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The implementation of biosecurity measures in livestock production systems can be affected by the psychosocial factors of its stakeholders, which can be observed through their knowledge, attitudes and perceptions/practices. In Spain, there are no regulations per se to promote biosecurity. Of all stakeholders, farmers and veterinarians have been addressed in previous biosecurity studies, but not veterinarians belonging specifically to the government services. This study explores this particular group's perceptions of routine biosecurity in livestock production systems in north-western and north-eastern Spain, an understanding of which could help to improve the implementation of biosecurity measures on farms. Eleven interviews were conducted with veterinarians from different levels of the government services in Galicia and Catalonia, and were analyzed through content analysis. Dairy cattle farms were considered as the reference livestock production systems. The respondents stress the limited availability of staff and time resources for biosecurity. The advisory role of government veterinarians is not well recognized among farmers, who feel that their services prioritize their sanctioning role. In fact, government veterinarians consider that farmers only implement biosecurity measures to avoid being sanctioned, and not because they are aware of the importance of biosecurity. Meanwhile, the participants comment that biosecurity regulations should be flexible and need to consider the contexts of the farms where biosecurity measures are implemented. Finally, government veterinarians are willing to attend biosecurity meetings together with all farm stakeholders, at which the government services could be informed about biosecurity issues on farms. The person who could take on the biosecurity advisory role should be defined, along with further discussion of such matters as the responsibilities of each stakeholder. Government veterinary services need to be considered in studies of biosecurity operations in order to improve their implementation. It is therefore concluded that government veterinarians are seeking to balance their own institutional perspective with that of farmers and veterinarians in the routine implementation of biosecurity measures.

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“…It is known that animal viruses are classified into six groups and, depending on the structure, type of viral genome and size, differ in their resistance to disinfectants (Paquette et al, 2020;Tarka & Nitsch-Osuch, 2021).…”

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Toxicity and Virucidal Activity of Chlorine Dioxide Disinfectant

CHECHET¹,

KOVALENKO²,

HAIDEI³

et al. 2022

Scientific Horizons

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The implementation of intensive technologies to produce livestock products requires the use of disinfectants at all stages. Analysis of the effectiveness of disinfectants begins with testing at the stage of creating or selecting substances, since different disinfectants have different activity against microorganisms, are toxic, immunosuppressive, and cause long-term effects on animals. This necessitates further development and research of preparations with optimal toxicity and virucidal action. The purpose of this study was to investigate the toxicity and virucidal effect of the new Diolide disinfectant, specifically on such samples as Aujeszky's disease virus, swine enzootic encephalomyelitis virus (Teschen disease) and rabies virus. The study was conducted according to national and international guidelines for the characterisation of virucidal properties of new disinfectants. The toxicity of Diolide disinfectant was investigated under protein load conditions in SPEV and BHK-21/C13 cell cultures. The virucidal activity of the Diolide disinfectant was determined under protein load conditions on models of shell viruses of Aujeszky's disease (Arsky strain) and rabies virus (CVS-11 strain) and using shell-free virus of enzootic encephalomyelitis of swine (Perechinsky-642 strain). The toxicity of Diolide disinfectant was determined for 0.16% (400 mg/l), 0.1% (250 mg/l), 0.06% (150 mg/l), 0.02% (50 mg/l), 0.008% (20 mg/l) and 0.004% (10 mg/l) concentrations of chlorine dioxide with an exposure time of 30 and 60 minutes. The virucidal effect of the preparation was determined for 0.1% (250 mg/l), 0.06% (150 mg/l), 0.02% (50 mg/l), 0.008% (20 mg/L) and 0.004% (10 mg/l) concentrations relative to the working dilutions of viral suspensions: for the Aujeszky's disease virus -5.3 CPE 50 /ml -for swine enzootic encephalomyelitis virus -5.5 CPE 50 /ml, for rabies virus -5.5 TCID 50 /ml. The results of the study showed that Diolide disinfectant is non-toxic to transplanted SPEV and BHK-21/C13 cell cultures in 0.1% (250 mg/l), 0.06% (150 mg/l), 0.02% (50 mg/l), 0.008% (20 mg/l) and 0.004% (10 mg/l) concentrations of chlorine dioxide. The preparation is 100% virucidal against enveloped viruses such as Aujeszky's disease virus (Arsky strain) and rabies virus (CVS-11 strain) in concentrations from 0.1% (250 mg/l) to 0.004% (10 mg/l) when exposed for 30-60 minutes under protein load conditions. It has 100% virucidal activity against the shell-free enzootic encephalomyelitis virus of swine (Perechinsky-642 strain) in concentrations from 0.1% (250 mg/l) to 0.004% (10 mg/l) at an exposure of 60 minutes and in concentrations from 0.1% (250 mg/l) to 0.008% (20 mg/l) at an exposure of 30 minutes under protein load conditions. The coefficient of reduction of infectious activity of the enzootic encephalomyelitis virus of swine (Perechinsky-642 strain) established in experiments after 30 minutes of exposure with the Diolide disinfectant at a concentration of 0.004% (10 mg/l) under protein load conditions exceeded 4 lg (4.47 lg CPE 50 /0.02 m...

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Knowledge and attitudes of Australian livestock producers concerning biosecurity practices

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

Situation Analysis and Recommendations for the Biosecurity Status of Dairy Farms in Punjab, India: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Situation Analysis and Recommendations for the Biosecurity Status of Dairy Farms in Punjab, India: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Government veterinarians' perceptions of routine biosecurity focused on dairy cattle farms in north-western and north-eastern Spain

Toxicity and Virucidal Activity of Chlorine Dioxide Disinfectant

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