Smallholders' perceptions on biosecurity and disease control in relation to African swine fever in an endemically infected area in Northern Uganda
Smallholders' perceptions on biosecurity and disease control in relation to African swine fever in an endemically infected area in Northern Uganda
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DOI：
10.1186/s12917-019-2005-7
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发表时间：
2019-08-05
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Emanuelson, Ulf
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作者：
Chenais, Erika;Lewerin, Susanna Sternberg;Emanuelson, Ulf
在非洲，集约化养猪生产经常伴随着非洲猪瘟（ASF）暴发的增加，导致高病死率和对农民的社会经济影响。非洲猪瘟控制依赖于预防疾病传播和控制疫情。本研究的目的是增加对如何将非洲猪瘟流行病学和控制知识转化为在农场和社区层面成功实施生物安全干预措施的认识。对乌干达北部随机选择的200个养猪家庭进行了三次结构化访谈。通过使用李克特量表测量对陈述的同意度，调查了与一般生物安全和假设控制干预措施有关的看法以及对养猪的态度。结果受访者普遍对养猪业、生物安全以及生物安全预防非洲猪瘟爆发的潜力持积极态度。在经历过非洲猪瘟暴发的家庭中，这些积极态度以及投资于生物安全的意愿都有所降低。在控制干预措施中，进入猪舍前换靴被高度接受，养猪次数的季节性适应被中等接受。关于与疫情有关的预防性销售健康猪和从接收接触非洲猪瘟猪的屠宰场购买猪肉产品的声明，接受度较低，但对于经历过非洲猪瘟疫情的家庭，接受度有所增加。食用非洲猪瘟感染猪的猪肉一般不被接受，对非洲猪瘟人畜共患的可能性和通过烹饪来中和非洲猪瘟的说法表示了中等程度的同意。为了深入了解人们行为、推理和决策过程的复杂性，可能需要更深入地参与社会科学和定性研究方法来进行进一步的研究。关于非洲猪瘟非人畜共患以及病毒如何被中和的信息沟通，对于提高对假设的控制干预措施的接受度和加强实施，预防性销售、安全屠宰和消费加工和安全猪肉，将是重要的。同样，参与性发展，在社区一级根据当地情况采取任何控制干预措施，对于成功实施也是必要的。
Background In Africa, intensified pig production is frequently accompanied by increased occurrence of African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks, leading to high case fatality rates and socio-economic impact for the farmers. ASF control relies on prevention of disease transmission and control of outbreaks. The aim of this study was to increase the understanding on how the knowledge of ASF epidemiology and control can be transferred into successfully implemented biosecurity interventions on farm and community level. Structured interviews with 200 randomly selected, pig-keeping households in northern Uganda were undertaken three times. Perceptions related to general biosecurity and hypothetical control interventions and attitudes towards pig farming were investigated by measuring the agreement to statements using a Likert scale. Results Respondents generally conveyed positivism towards pig farming, biosecurity, and the potential of biosecurity for preventing ASF outbreaks. These positive attitudes, as well as the will to invest in biosecurity, were reduced in households that had experienced ASF outbreaks. Among the control interventions change of boots before entering the pig stable was highly accepted and seasonal adaptation of pig rearing times accepted on medium level. Statements on preventive sales of healthy pigs in connection with outbreaks and on buying pork products from slaughter operations receiving ASF-contact pigs received low acceptance, increasing, however, for households that had experienced ASF outbreaks. Consumption of pork from ASF infected pigs was generally not accepted, medium level of agreement was expressed for statements on the zoonotic potential of ASF and for neutralizing ASF by cooking. Conclusions To gain in-depth understanding of the complexity of people's behaviour, reasoning and decision-making processes, deeper involvement of the social sciences and a qualitative research approach might be used for further studies. Communicating information regarding the ASF not being zoonotic, and how the virus is neutralized will be important for increasing acceptance and enhancing implementation for the hypothetical control interventions preventive sales, safe slaughter, and consumption of processed and safe pork. Likewise, participatory development to adopt any control interventions to the local context on community level will be necessary for successful implementation.