Why do farmers and veterinarians not report all bovine abortions, as requested by the clinical brucellosis surveillance system in France?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since 2005, France has been officially free of brucellosis, an infectious disease that causes abortion in cattle and can be transmitted from cattle to humans. Recent animal and human cases have drawn attention to the need to prevent infection of humans and animals from any primary outbreaks. In order to detect any new outbreaks as soon as possible, a clinical surveillance system requires farmers and veterinarians to report each abortion and to test the aborting cow for brucellosis. However, under-reporting limits the sensitivity of this system. Our objective was to identify the barriers and motivations influencing field actors in their decision to report or not to report bovine abortions. We used a qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews of 12 cattle farmers

SUBMITTER: Bronner A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4036594 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature