Biosecurity measures in French poultry farms are associated with farm type and location
2021
Delpont, Mattias | Guinat, Claire | Guerin, Jean-Luc | Le Leu, Eric | Vaillancourt, Jean-Pierre | Paul, Mathilde, C. | Interactions hôtes-agents pathogènes [Toulouse] (IHAP) ; Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT) ; Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP) ; Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP) ; Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | Direction Régionale de l'Alimentation, de l'Agriculture et de la Forêt de Bretagne (DRAAF Bretagne) | Université de Montréal (UdeM) | This work was carried out within the framework of the Chaire de Biosecurite at the Ecole Nationale Veterinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), which is funded by the French Ministry of Agriculture and was supported by the UMR IHAP 1225 ENVT-INRAE. This work was financially supported by the FEDER/Region Occitanie Recherche et Societes 2018 - AI-TRACK.
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. The severe impact of recently reported Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreaks have emphasized the need to better monitor biosecurity practices among the different French poultry production systems. Between October 2016 and September 2018, a large national cross-sectional study was carried out in France to assess biosecurity levels in high-risk poultry farms and identify farm biosecurity profiles, using Multiple Correspondence and Hierarchical Cluster Analyses. Results indicate that there is substantial room for improvement in cleaning and disinfection, anteroom management and delimitation of farm and production units for more than 50 % of the 1,004 analyzed farms. The farm biosecurity profile showing the highest level of biosecurity included commercial intensive poultry farms (gallinaceous poultry farms, in North-Western France), and those with a recent history of HPAI outbreak (duck farms, in South-Western France). The farms biosecurity profiles showing the lowest level of biosecurity included farms with multiple species (duck and gallinaceous poultry) or multiple production types (broilers and egg-layers), located in regions with a lower poultry density and without a recent history of HPAI outbreak. Outcomes provide support to adapt biosecurity improvement and inspection plans.
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