An overlooked poultry trade network of the smallholder farms in the border provinces of Thailand, 2021: implications for avian influenza surveillance.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In Thailand, community-level poultry trade is conducted on a small-scale involving farmers and traders with many trade networks. Understanding the poultry movements may help identify different activities that farmers and traders might contribute to the spread of avian influenza.

Methods

This study aimed to describe the characteristics of players involved in the poultry trade network at the northeastern border of Thailand using network analysis approaches. Mukdahan and Nakhon Phanom provinces, which border Laos, and Ubon Ratchathani province, which borders both Laos and Cambodia, were selected as survey sites.

Results

Local veterinary officers identified and interviewed 338 poultry farmers and eight poultry traders in 2021. A weighted directed network iden

SUBMITTER: Hinjoy S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10879335 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature