Acceptability of biosecurity measures against bovine tuberculosis

Preventive measures are one of the key elements in the control of bovine tuberculosis (bTB). The aim of this study was to evaluate veterinarians' opinions related with biosecurity measures against bTB in extensive beef cattle farms and identify most viable and appreciated measures. A bibliograp...

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Autor: Sos Vilanova, Maria del Mar
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Tuberculosi bovina
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spelling Acceptability of biosecurity measures against bovine tuberculosisSos Vilanova, Maria del MarTuberculosi bovinaPreventive measures are one of the key elements in the control of bovine tuberculosis (bTB). The aim of this study was to evaluate veterinarians' opinions related with biosecurity measures against bTB in extensive beef cattle farms and identify most viable and appreciated measures. A bibliographic review was carried out to investigate recommended biosecurity measures against bTB. Focus group discussions with private veterinarians from two Autonomous communities of Spain, Catalonia and Extremadura, were conducted to evaluate a list of two groups of measures: biosecurity measures to avoid cattle herds interactions and biosecurity measures to avoid cattle/wildlife interactions. The Analytic Hierarchy Process was used to prioritize biosecurity measures during focus group discussions. Transcripts of the focus group discussions were analysed qualitatively by the scissors-and-sort technique. The most preferred measure related to cattle herds interactions was to cull old animals in farms. In relation to avoiding cattle/wildlife interactions, measures were ranked similarly making it difficult to prioritize any. The qualitative analysis of focus group discussions showed some concerns about the difficulty, feasibility and real effectiveness of some biosecurity measures in day-to-day practice, especially against wildlife interactions. Other topics such as the role of wildlife in the control of bTB and the eradication programme were discussed during meetings. This study is the first step in investigating stakeholders' opinions of some biosecurity measures that will help to know their acceptability and support.Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Veterinària 22021-01-0120212021-01-01Treball de fi de postgrauhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdccVoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/259737reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, sempre i quan aquestes es distribueixin sota la mateixa llicència que regula l'obra original i es reconegui l'autoria.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2597372026-06-06T12:50:31Z
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Sos Vilanova, Maria del Mar
Tuberculosi bovina
title_short Acceptability of biosecurity measures against bovine tuberculosis
title_full Acceptability of biosecurity measures against bovine tuberculosis
title_fullStr Acceptability of biosecurity measures against bovine tuberculosis
title_full_unstemmed Acceptability of biosecurity measures against bovine tuberculosis
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description Preventive measures are one of the key elements in the control of bovine tuberculosis (bTB). The aim of this study was to evaluate veterinarians' opinions related with biosecurity measures against bTB in extensive beef cattle farms and identify most viable and appreciated measures. A bibliographic review was carried out to investigate recommended biosecurity measures against bTB. Focus group discussions with private veterinarians from two Autonomous communities of Spain, Catalonia and Extremadura, were conducted to evaluate a list of two groups of measures: biosecurity measures to avoid cattle herds interactions and biosecurity measures to avoid cattle/wildlife interactions. The Analytic Hierarchy Process was used to prioritize biosecurity measures during focus group discussions. Transcripts of the focus group discussions were analysed qualitatively by the scissors-and-sort technique. The most preferred measure related to cattle herds interactions was to cull old animals in farms. In relation to avoiding cattle/wildlife interactions, measures were ranked similarly making it difficult to prioritize any. The qualitative analysis of focus group discussions showed some concerns about the difficulty, feasibility and real effectiveness of some biosecurity measures in day-to-day practice, especially against wildlife interactions. Other topics such as the role of wildlife in the control of bTB and the eradication programme were discussed during meetings. This study is the first step in investigating stakeholders' opinions of some biosecurity measures that will help to know their acceptability and support.
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