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The impact of federal indemnification on livestock biosecurity [PDF]

This paper provided a theoretical framework for analyzing the relationship between federal indemnification and livestock biosecurity. Theoretical results show that the responsiveness of biosecurity to indemnity payments depends on a number of factors ...
Andrew Muhammad, Keithly Jones
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Use of conjoint analysis to weight biosecurity practices on pasture-based dairy farms to develop a novel audit tool—BioscoreDairy

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Risk assessments are important tools to identify deficits in biosecurity management practices. A major strength of some existing tools is that they facilitate cross-country comparisons.
Siobhan M. O Donovan, Siobhan M. O Donovan, Conor G. McAloon, Conor G. McAloon, Luke O'Grady, Timothy Geraghty, Alison Burrell, Marie-Claire McCarthy, John Donlon, Jamie A. Tratalos, John F. Mee   +10 more
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Biosecurity and exotic disease surveillance in the New Zealand pig industry : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Massey University, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2013
Chapter 1 removed due to copyright reasons. Published as: Neumann, E. J.(2012). Disease transmission and biosecurity. In J.J. Zimmerman, L.A. Karriker, A. Ramirez, K.J. Schwartz, & G.W. Stevenson (Eds.), Diseases of swine (pp. 141-164).
Neumann, Eric James
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FACTORS INFLUENCING BIOSECURITY ADOPTION ON LAYING HEN FARMERS [PDF]

Journal of the Indonesian Tropical Animal Agriculture, 2012
The present study was undertaken to identify factors that influences biosecurity adoption on laying hen farmers in Sidrap district, South Sulawesi. This district was choosen because beside it was famous as the center of laying hen farms, it was also as ...
V.S. Lestari, A. Natsir, S.N. Sirajuddin, K. Kasim, H.M. Ali, Saadah, Mawardi   +6 more
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Decision-making in livestock biosecurity practices amidst environmental and social uncertainty: Evidence from an experimental game.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Livestock industries are vulnerable to disease threats, which can cost billions of dollars and have substantial negative social ramifications. Losses are mitigated through increased use of disease-related biosecurity practices, making increased ...
Scott C Merrill, Christopher J Koliba, Susan M Moegenburg, Asim Zia, Jason Parker, Timothy Sellnow, Serge Wiltshire, Gabriela Bucini, Caitlin Danehy, Julia M Smith   +9 more
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Loss prevention for hog farmers: Insurance, on-farm biosecurity practices, and vaccination [PDF]

Using agricultural household survey data and claim records from insurers for the year 2009, this paper analyzes hog producers' choice of means of loss prevention and identifies the relationships among biosecurity practices, vaccination, and hog insurance.
Chen, Kevin Z., Li, Chu-Shiu, Liu, Chwen-Chi, Zhang, Yue-hua   +3 more
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Fostering the Biosecurity Norm: Biosecurity Education for the Next Generation of Life Scientists [PDF]

, 2008
Sustainable education on biosecurity and dual use for life scientists is increasingly recognised as being an important element of broader efforts to achieve biosecurity.
Mancini, Guilio, Revill, James
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Biosecurity measures for the prevention of African swine fever on German pig farms: comparison of farmers’ own appraisals and external veterinary experts’ evaluations

Porcine Health Management
Background Since its first introduction into the German wild boar population in 2020, African swine fever (ASF) has been spreading slowly from the eastern border westwards and has been introduced into eight domestic pig farms thus far.
Leonie Klein, Ursula Gerdes, Sandra Blome, Amely Campe, Elisabeth grosse Beilage   +4 more
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The Impact of Dual Use Controls on UK Science: Results from a Pilot Study [PDF]

Concerns about the proliferation of biological weapons and the threat posed by bioterrorism have assumed greater political prominence in recent years. In response, governments are actively attempting to frustrate the diffusion of technologies, relevant ...
Caitriona McLeish, Paul Nightingale
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The adoption of biosecurity measures and its influencing factors in Bangladeshi layer farms

Discover Sustainability
Developing nations like Bangladesh are particularly vulnerable to poultry diseases, notably Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Adopting biosecurity approaches that assist farms in disease control and prevention can decrease the industry-wide ...
Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Ismat Ara Begum, Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, Md. Asif Iqbal, Andrew M. McKenzie   +4 more
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