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Economic analysis of biosecurity adoption in dairy farming: evidence from Ireland
Given the significant negative impact of livestock disease outbreaks on animal and public health, preventing disease spread through biosecurity practices is important. In this study, we used a nationally representative dataset that included information on biosecurity practices of almost 300 Irish da...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9492279/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35700524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jas/skac218 |
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author | Osawe, Osayanmon W Läpple, Doris Mee, John F |
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description | Given the significant negative impact of livestock disease outbreaks on animal and public health, preventing disease spread through biosecurity practices is important. In this study, we used a nationally representative dataset that included information on biosecurity practices of almost 300 Irish dairy farmers. We applied parametric and nonparametric estimation methods to assess the economic implications of adopting the following biosecurity measures: vaccination, bulk tank milk testing for diseases, and not pooling colostrum. We found mixed evidence of biosecurity practices on economic outcomes, measured as gross margins per cow. Specifically, we found that vaccination and testing bulk tank milk for diseases were significantly associated with better economic outcomes for dairy farms. However, we found no significant association with the economic performance of not pooling colostrum from more than one animal. Our findings have important policy implications required for targeting support for the adoption of biosecurity practices in dairy herds. |
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spelling | pubmed-94922792022-09-22 Economic analysis of biosecurity adoption in dairy farming: evidence from Ireland Osawe, Osayanmon W Läpple, Doris Mee, John F J Anim Sci Economics of Animal Production Given the significant negative impact of livestock disease outbreaks on animal and public health, preventing disease spread through biosecurity practices is important. In this study, we used a nationally representative dataset that included information on biosecurity practices of almost 300 Irish dairy farmers. We applied parametric and nonparametric estimation methods to assess the economic implications of adopting the following biosecurity measures: vaccination, bulk tank milk testing for diseases, and not pooling colostrum. We found mixed evidence of biosecurity practices on economic outcomes, measured as gross margins per cow. Specifically, we found that vaccination and testing bulk tank milk for diseases were significantly associated with better economic outcomes for dairy farms. However, we found no significant association with the economic performance of not pooling colostrum from more than one animal. Our findings have important policy implications required for targeting support for the adoption of biosecurity practices in dairy herds. Oxford University Press 2022-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9492279/ /pubmed/35700524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jas/skac218 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society of Animal Science. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Economics of Animal Production Osawe, Osayanmon W Läpple, Doris Mee, John F Economic analysis of biosecurity adoption in dairy farming: evidence from Ireland |
title | Economic analysis of biosecurity adoption in dairy farming: evidence from Ireland |
title_full | Economic analysis of biosecurity adoption in dairy farming: evidence from Ireland |
title_fullStr | Economic analysis of biosecurity adoption in dairy farming: evidence from Ireland |
title_full_unstemmed | Economic analysis of biosecurity adoption in dairy farming: evidence from Ireland |
title_short | Economic analysis of biosecurity adoption in dairy farming: evidence from Ireland |
title_sort | economic analysis of biosecurity adoption in dairy farming: evidence from ireland |
topic | Economics of Animal Production |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9492279/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35700524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jas/skac218 |
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