Status, evaluation, and influencing factors of biosecurity levels in pig farms in China
Jiamei Wang, Zizhong Shi, Xiangdong Hu · 2023
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Jiamei Wang, Zizhong Shi, and Xiangdong Hu study how safe pig farms in China are from animal disease, a steady threat to livestock farming. They surveyed farms in seven provinces, built a scoring system for farm safety steps, and used a rank sum ratio method to grade each farm. They then looked for the farm and farmer traits that track with higher scores.
More spending on safety steps went with higher scores. Male farmers, more schooling, and taking part in skills training each raised scores, and farms that joined cooperatives scored higher. Scores first fell and then rose as farm size grew, and more household members working on the farm also helped. The authors say raising farmer skills and investing more people, gear, and money in safety steps can lift farm safety and prevent animal disease.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jiamei Wang, Zizhong Shi, Xiangdong Hu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |