Clustering broiler farmers based on their behavioural differences towards biosecurity to prevent highly pathogenic avian influenza.

ABSTRACT: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is an important zoonotic disease. The study aims to identify farmer behaviour types to inform the design of behaviour change programmes for mitigating the transmission of HPAI. Therefore, the study utilised multivariate statistical analysis for gaining a better understanding of the relationships among farmers' 30 biosecurity behaviours, the risk of HPAI infection, and distinct features of commercial broiler farmers, which is different from using simple and few binary biosecurity measures. Convenience sampling was used to collect data from 303 Taiwan's farmers among which 40 farmers (13.2%) self-reported having had a HPAI outbreak in the study year while 16 farmers (5.3%) self-reported having had a HPAI outbreak in the past two years. Using categoric

SUBMITTER: Pao HN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11315216 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature