Knowledge, Attitudes, and Biosecurity Practices Regarding African Swine Fever Among Small-Scale Pig Farmers in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Cambodia
Véronique Renault, Ariane Masson, Paeng Xaphokame, Outhen Phommasack, Borin Sear, Samnang Ven, Claude Saegerman · 2025
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Véronique Renault and co-authors surveyed small pig farmers in Laos and Cambodia about African swine fever, in a 2025 study. The virus swept Southeast Asia from 2019 and hits small farms hardest, where pigs roam free and fences are few. Teams interviewed 471 farmers across eight provinces in 2023, more than half of them women.
Awareness of the disease ran high in Cambodia at ninety-two percent, and lower in Laos at sixty-six. Yet many doubted the fever had reached their own country. Symptom spotting was fair, but knowledge of how the virus travels ran low and often wrong. Farmers overrated spread through air and underrated spread by visitors and gear.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Véronique Renault, Ariane Masson, Paeng Xaphokame, Outhen Phommasack, Borin Sear, Samnang Ven, Claude Saegerman |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |