Prioritization of pig farm biosecurity for control of Salmonella and hepatitis E virus infections: results of a European expert opinion elicitation
2023
Galipó, Erika | Zoche-Golob, Veit | Sassu, Elena Lucia | Prigge, Christopher | Sjölund, Marie | Tobias, Tijs | Rzeżutka, Artur | Smith, Richard Piers | Burow, Elke
In the literature, there is absent or weak evidence on the effectiveness of biosecurity measures to the control of Salmonella spp. and hepatitis E virus (HEV) on pig farms. Therefore, the present study aimed to collect, weigh, and compare opinions from experts on the relevance of several biosecurity measures. An online questionnaire was submitted to selected experts, from multiple European countries, knowledgeable on either HEV or Salmonella spp., in either indoor or outdoor pig farming systems (settings). The experts ranked the relevance of eight biosecurity categories with regards to effectiveness in reducing the two pathogens separately, by assigning a score from a total of 80, and within each biosecurity category they scored the relevance of specific biosecurity measures (scale 1–5). Agreement among experts was analysed across pathogens and across settings.
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Publisher BioMed Central (BMC) | Springer
ISSN 2055-5660This bibliographic record has been provided by German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment