Education and Economic Factors Shape Clusters of Biosecurity Beliefs and Practices: Insights from an Exploratory Survey of Midwest U.S. Swine Producers.

ABSTRACT: Despite existing biosecurity frameworks, there is limited empirical evidence on how US swine producers' beliefs, behaviors, and risk perceptions influence enhanced biosecurity implementation. We conducted an online survey among US swine producers to understand their biosecurity beliefs, behaviors, and practices. We used descriptive, unsupervised machine learning, and Factor Analysis for Mixed Data (FAMD). Of fifty-four respondents, 48.1% reported implementing some biosecurity measures, and 72.2% valued having enhanced biosecurity protocols. Majority (53.7%) considered their veterinarian's biosecurity opinion most important, and 37% were not concerned about African swine fever. Almost all (90.7%) felt confident they could contain an outbreak on their farms. However, none practiced enhanced

SUBMITTER: Gelalcha BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12654973 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature