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Analysis of factors associated with hesitation to restart farming after depopulation of animals due to 2010 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in Japan

An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) occurred in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, in 2010. This epidemic was controlled with culling and vaccination, and resulted in the death of nearly 290,000 animals. This paper describes the factors associated with hesitation to restart farming after the epidem...

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Autores principales: KADOWAKI, Hazumu, KAYANO, Taishi, TOBINAGA, Takaharu, TSUTSUMI, Atsuro, WATARI, Michiko, MAKITA, Kohei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5053925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27149890
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.15-0559
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author KADOWAKI, Hazumu
KAYANO, Taishi
TOBINAGA, Takaharu
TSUTSUMI, Atsuro
WATARI, Michiko
MAKITA, Kohei
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KAYANO, Taishi
TOBINAGA, Takaharu
TSUTSUMI, Atsuro
WATARI, Michiko
MAKITA, Kohei
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description An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) occurred in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, in 2010. This epidemic was controlled with culling and vaccination, and resulted in the death of nearly 290,000 animals. This paper describes the factors associated with hesitation to restart farming after the epidemic. A questionnaire survey was conducted to assess the mental health of farmers one year after the end of the FMD epidemic in affected areas, and univariate and multivariable analyses were performed. Of 773 farms which had answered the question about restart farming, 55.4% (428/773) had resumed or were planning to resume operation. The farms hesitated restarting were characterized by small scale (P=0.06) and having multiple sources of income (P<0.01). Personal attributes associated with hesitation to restart were advanced age of the owner (P<0.01), with someone with bad physical conditions (P=0.04) and small family size (P<0.01). Factors related to disease control during the epidemic that were associated with hesitation to restart were vaccination of animals (P<0.01), not assisting with culling on other farms (P<0.01), and higher satisfaction with information provided by the government (P=0.02). We found that farmers hesitated to resume farming because they had a limited labor force, had an alternative business or were mentally distressed during disease control.
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spelling pubmed-50539252016-10-07 Analysis of factors associated with hesitation to restart farming after depopulation of animals due to 2010 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in Japan KADOWAKI, Hazumu KAYANO, Taishi TOBINAGA, Takaharu TSUTSUMI, Atsuro WATARI, Michiko MAKITA, Kohei J Vet Med Sci Public Health An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) occurred in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, in 2010. This epidemic was controlled with culling and vaccination, and resulted in the death of nearly 290,000 animals. This paper describes the factors associated with hesitation to restart farming after the epidemic. A questionnaire survey was conducted to assess the mental health of farmers one year after the end of the FMD epidemic in affected areas, and univariate and multivariable analyses were performed. Of 773 farms which had answered the question about restart farming, 55.4% (428/773) had resumed or were planning to resume operation. The farms hesitated restarting were characterized by small scale (P=0.06) and having multiple sources of income (P<0.01). Personal attributes associated with hesitation to restart were advanced age of the owner (P<0.01), with someone with bad physical conditions (P=0.04) and small family size (P<0.01). Factors related to disease control during the epidemic that were associated with hesitation to restart were vaccination of animals (P<0.01), not assisting with culling on other farms (P<0.01), and higher satisfaction with information provided by the government (P=0.02). We found that farmers hesitated to resume farming because they had a limited labor force, had an alternative business or were mentally distressed during disease control. The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2016-04-28 2016-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5053925/ /pubmed/27149890 http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.15-0559 Text en ©2016 The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License.
spellingShingle Public Health
KADOWAKI, Hazumu
KAYANO, Taishi
TOBINAGA, Takaharu
TSUTSUMI, Atsuro
WATARI, Michiko
MAKITA, Kohei
Analysis of factors associated with hesitation to restart farming after depopulation of animals due to 2010 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in Japan
title Analysis of factors associated with hesitation to restart farming after depopulation of animals due to 2010 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in Japan
title_full Analysis of factors associated with hesitation to restart farming after depopulation of animals due to 2010 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in Japan
title_fullStr Analysis of factors associated with hesitation to restart farming after depopulation of animals due to 2010 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in Japan
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of factors associated with hesitation to restart farming after depopulation of animals due to 2010 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in Japan
title_short Analysis of factors associated with hesitation to restart farming after depopulation of animals due to 2010 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in Japan
title_sort analysis of factors associated with hesitation to restart farming after depopulation of animals due to 2010 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in japan
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5053925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27149890
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.15-0559
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