Stakeholders' Perceptions of Biosecurity Implementation in Italian Poultry Farms.

ABSTRACT: The level of implementation of biosecurity measures (BMs), the reasons for not implementing BMs and the effectiveness of BMs were assessed according to the perceptions of stakeholders (i.e., farmers and advisors) in Italian poultry farms. For this purpose, data were collected using a questionnaire administered to advisors (n = 37) and farmers (n = 30) of conventional broiler (n = 13) and layer (n = 13), free-range broiler (n = 8) and layer (n = 10), turkey (n = 13), duck (n = 3) and breeder (n = 7) farms between April and September 2021. The frequency of the implementation of BMs was 66.97% and 81.14% according to the answers provided by the advisors and farmers, respectively, with the breeder sector showing the highest level o

SUBMITTER: Laconi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10603624 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature