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Evaluation Survey on Agreement with Existing Definitions of Biosecurity with a Focus on Livestock

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Disease prevention, including biosecurity, surveillance, and traceability are key aspects to minimize the risk of animal diseases causing harm to society. Diseases for which biosecurity are needed depend on species of interest, e.g., African swine fever, avian influenza, or foot-and-...

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Autores principales: Saegerman, Claude, Parisi, Gianni, Niemi, Jarkko, Humblet, Marie-France, Ron-Román, Jorge, Souley Kouato, Bachir, Allepuz, Alberto, Porphyre, Vincent, Rodrigues da Costa, Maria, Renault, Véronique
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10177301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37174555
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13091518
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author Saegerman, Claude
Parisi, Gianni
Niemi, Jarkko
Humblet, Marie-France
Ron-Román, Jorge
Souley Kouato, Bachir
Allepuz, Alberto
Porphyre, Vincent
Rodrigues da Costa, Maria
Renault, Véronique
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Parisi, Gianni
Niemi, Jarkko
Humblet, Marie-France
Ron-Román, Jorge
Souley Kouato, Bachir
Allepuz, Alberto
Porphyre, Vincent
Rodrigues da Costa, Maria
Renault, Véronique
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description SIMPLE SUMMARY: Disease prevention, including biosecurity, surveillance, and traceability are key aspects to minimize the risk of animal diseases causing harm to society. Diseases for which biosecurity are needed depend on species of interest, e.g., African swine fever, avian influenza, or foot-and-mouth disease. However, several definitions of biosecurity co-exist in the literature. A survey was set up to investigate the level of agreement of participants regarding eight existing definitions of the (livestock) biosecurity, to rank keywords to consider before attempting a more consolidated definition, and to select the desirable qualities of a definition of livestock biosecurity. Respondents had a male–female gender ratio close to one, were mostly between 25 and 54 years old, and had animal health as the main first field of expertise (30% were government officials). The significant most popular biosecurity definition was the one that conceptualized the rules of 5B’s (bio-exclusion, bio-containment, bio-compartmentation, bio-prevention, and bio-preservation). The top two keywords to consider for the consolidation of the biosecurity definition were “prevention” and “measures”. The optimal biosecurity definition needs to be operational and related to animal health but also comprehensible, simple, and related to public health. The survey results highlight the need for the integration of more aspects in the existing definitions of livestock biosecurity (e.g., prevention of zoonoses and preservation of the environment and diversity). ABSTRACT: Disease prevention, including biosecurity, surveillance, and traceability are key aspects to minimize the risk of animal diseases causing harm to society. Diseases for which biosecurity are needed depend on species of interest, e.g., African swine fever, avian influenza, or foot-and-mouth disease. However, several definitions of biosecurity co-exist in the literature. Under the new COST Action “Biosecurity Enhanced Through Training Evaluation and Raising Awareness” (BETTER) CA20103, we launched an initial survey on the agreement with eight existing definitions of (livestock) biosecurity, to rank keywords to consider before attempting a more consolidated definition, and to select the desirable qualities of a definition of livestock biosecurity. Respondents (N = 316) had a male–female gender ratio close to one, were mostly between 25 and 54 years old, and had animal health as the main field of expertise (30% were government officials). The significant most popular biosecurity definition was the one that conceptualized the rules of 5B’s (bio-exclusion, bio-containment, bio-compartmentation, bio-prevention, and bio-preservation). The top two keywords to consider for the consolidation of the biosecurity definition were “prevention” and “measures”. The optimal biosecurity definition needs to be operational and related to animal health but also comprehensible, simple, and related to public health. The survey results highlight the need for the integration of more aspects in the existing definitions of livestock biosecurity (prevention of zoonoses and preservation of the environment and diversity).
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spelling pubmed-101773012023-05-13 Evaluation Survey on Agreement with Existing Definitions of Biosecurity with a Focus on Livestock Saegerman, Claude Parisi, Gianni Niemi, Jarkko Humblet, Marie-France Ron-Román, Jorge Souley Kouato, Bachir Allepuz, Alberto Porphyre, Vincent Rodrigues da Costa, Maria Renault, Véronique Animals (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: Disease prevention, including biosecurity, surveillance, and traceability are key aspects to minimize the risk of animal diseases causing harm to society. Diseases for which biosecurity are needed depend on species of interest, e.g., African swine fever, avian influenza, or foot-and-mouth disease. However, several definitions of biosecurity co-exist in the literature. A survey was set up to investigate the level of agreement of participants regarding eight existing definitions of the (livestock) biosecurity, to rank keywords to consider before attempting a more consolidated definition, and to select the desirable qualities of a definition of livestock biosecurity. Respondents had a male–female gender ratio close to one, were mostly between 25 and 54 years old, and had animal health as the main first field of expertise (30% were government officials). The significant most popular biosecurity definition was the one that conceptualized the rules of 5B’s (bio-exclusion, bio-containment, bio-compartmentation, bio-prevention, and bio-preservation). The top two keywords to consider for the consolidation of the biosecurity definition were “prevention” and “measures”. The optimal biosecurity definition needs to be operational and related to animal health but also comprehensible, simple, and related to public health. The survey results highlight the need for the integration of more aspects in the existing definitions of livestock biosecurity (e.g., prevention of zoonoses and preservation of the environment and diversity). ABSTRACT: Disease prevention, including biosecurity, surveillance, and traceability are key aspects to minimize the risk of animal diseases causing harm to society. Diseases for which biosecurity are needed depend on species of interest, e.g., African swine fever, avian influenza, or foot-and-mouth disease. However, several definitions of biosecurity co-exist in the literature. Under the new COST Action “Biosecurity Enhanced Through Training Evaluation and Raising Awareness” (BETTER) CA20103, we launched an initial survey on the agreement with eight existing definitions of (livestock) biosecurity, to rank keywords to consider before attempting a more consolidated definition, and to select the desirable qualities of a definition of livestock biosecurity. Respondents (N = 316) had a male–female gender ratio close to one, were mostly between 25 and 54 years old, and had animal health as the main field of expertise (30% were government officials). The significant most popular biosecurity definition was the one that conceptualized the rules of 5B’s (bio-exclusion, bio-containment, bio-compartmentation, bio-prevention, and bio-preservation). The top two keywords to consider for the consolidation of the biosecurity definition were “prevention” and “measures”. The optimal biosecurity definition needs to be operational and related to animal health but also comprehensible, simple, and related to public health. The survey results highlight the need for the integration of more aspects in the existing definitions of livestock biosecurity (prevention of zoonoses and preservation of the environment and diversity). MDPI 2023-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10177301/ /pubmed/37174555 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13091518 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Allepuz, Alberto
Porphyre, Vincent
Rodrigues da Costa, Maria
Renault, Véronique
Evaluation Survey on Agreement with Existing Definitions of Biosecurity with a Focus on Livestock
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13091518
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