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Animal biosecurity framework development, implementation and evaluation in a veterinary education establishment [PDF]

Veterinary Quarterly
Over the last decades, biosecurity has received increasing attention in veterinary medicine and was recently integrated as a competency for One Health field epidemiology framework by international bodies.
Claude Saegerman, Constance Wielick, Véronique Renault, Priscilla Burnotte, Christine Grignet, Laurent Leinartz, Maxime Harmegnies, Sophie Tasnier, Christiaen Remy, Calixte Bayrou, Nicolas Ochelen, Tatiana Art, Pierre Lekeux, Jason W. Stull, Marie-France Humblet   +14 more
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Education and Economic Factors Shape Clusters of Biosecurity Beliefs and Practices: Insights from an Exploratory Survey of Midwest U.S. Swine Producers [PDF]

Pathogens
Despite existing biosecurity frameworks, there is limited empirical evidence on how US swine producers’ beliefs, behaviors, and risk perceptions influence enhanced biosecurity implementation.
Benti D. Gelalcha, Maurine C. Chepkwony, Cesar A. Corzo, Colin Yoder, Andres Perez, Maria Sol Perez Aguirreburualde, Dennis N. Makau, Michael W. Mahero   +7 more
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Smallholder Farmer's Knowledge and Practice Towards Farm Biosecurity Measures to Prevent Infectious Diseases in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia [PDF]

Veterinary Medicine and Science
Proper biosecurity practice is crucial in animal farming to reduce the risk of diseases. The aim of this study was to assess smallholder farmers’ knowledge and practice towards farm biosecurity measures and associated factors among smallholder farmers. A
Birhan Agmas Mitiku, Ayele Adugna Gedifew, Temsegen Sendekie Ayalew   +2 more
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Biosecurity practices and their determining factors in commercial layer chickens in selected regions of Tanzania [PDF]

BMC Veterinary Research
Introduction Biosecurity measures are crucial for controlling infectious diseases in poultry farms. It involves all measures aiming at preventing disease-causing agents from entering the farm (external biosecurity) and those measures practiced with the ...
Siha Mdemu, Augustine B. Matondo, Jens Peter Christensen, Ahmed E. Amasha, Helena A. Ngowi, Erica Westwood, Sunday O. Ochai, Hezron E. Nonga, Kristina Osbjer, Robinson H. Mdegela   +9 more
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Monitoring Means and Results of Biosecurity in Pig Fattening Farms: Systematic Assessment of Measures in Place and Exploration of Biomarkers of Interest

Animals, 2022
Limited data are available regarding animal-based biomarkers over time as outcomes of biosecurity in pig farms. The aim of this study was to gain an insight into the biosecurity implementation in a convenience sample of 15 swine herds, and to describe ...
Annalisa Scollo, Pierre Levallois, Christine Fourichon, Ambra Motta, Alessandro Mannelli, Francesco Lombardo, Paolo Ferrari   +6 more
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Significance of and outlook for the Biosecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China

Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity, 2021
The Biosecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China is the first basic, comprehensive, systematic, and overarching law of biosecurity in China, involving biosecurity risks, national biosecurity governance, and systems for minimizing the biosecurity ...
Liang Huigang, Huang Cui, Zhu Xiaoli, Yuan Zhiming   +3 more
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Status, evaluation, and influencing factors of biosecurity levels in pig farms in China

BMC Veterinary Research, 2023
Background Animal diseases have always been a serious threat to livestock breeding, and the establishment of a biosecurity barrier is important for disease prevention and control.
Jiamei Wang, Zizhong Shi, Xiangdong Hu
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Biosecurity practices on commercial layer farms in Abyek county, Qazvin, Iran: A cross-sectional study

One Health Bulletin, 2023
Objective: To investigate the biosecurity measures practiced at commercial layer chicken farms in Abyek country, Qazvin, Iran.. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all licensed and active commercial layer chicken farms in Abyek county, Qazvin ...
Kamran Mirzaie, Mohammad Hasan Rabiee, Mohsen Bashashati, Arash Ghalyanchi, Abdulhamid Shoushtari, Arash Parsai, Mohammad Hossein Fallah Mehrabadi   +6 more
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Government veterinarians' perceptions of routine biosecurity focused on dairy cattle farms in north-western and north-eastern Spain

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
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.
Sebastián Moya, José Navea, Jordi Casal, Giovanna Ciaravino, Eduardo Yus, Francisco Javier Diéguez, Bibiana Benavides, Francisco Tirado, Alberto Allepuz   +8 more
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Healthcare Workers’ SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Four Hospital Outbreaks during Delta Variant Prevalence in Sydney, Australia

Nursing Research and Practice, 2023
Background. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of SARS-CoV-2 infections due to occupational exposure. The use of airborne personal protective equipment (PPE) significantly reduces this risk.
Danielle Hutchinson, Mohana Kunasekaran, Haley Stone, Xin Chen, Ashley Quigley, Aye Moa, C. Raina MacIntyre   +6 more
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