Flexible assessment of biosecurity in small- and medium scale poultry farms in low and middle income countries

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Copenhagenen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen
cg.contributor.donorUniversity of Copenhagenen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Unionen
cg.contributor.initiativeOne Health
cg.contributor.initiativeSustainable Animal Productivity
cg.creator.identifierDishon Muloi: 0000-0002-6236-2280en
cg.creator.identifierTheo Knight-Jones: 0000-0003-4342-6055en
cg.creator.identifierDreck Ayebare: 0000-0003-3710-2257en
cg.creator.identifierMichel Dione: 0000-0001-7812-5776en
cg.creator.identifierArshnee Moodley: 0000-0002-6469-3948en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-025-00796-8en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0044-605Xen
cg.journalActa Veterinaria Scandinavicaen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.ilriPOULTRYen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen
cg.volume67en
dc.contributor.authorNielsen, S.S.en
dc.contributor.authorKemunto, Naomi P.en
dc.contributor.authorMuloi, Dishon M.en
dc.contributor.authorBojesen, A.M.en
dc.contributor.authorKnight-Jones, Theodore J.D.en
dc.contributor.authorAyebare, Drecken
dc.contributor.authorDione, Michel M.en
dc.contributor.authorIbayi, Eugine L.en
dc.contributor.authorPoulsen, L.L.en
dc.contributor.authorMoodley, Arshneeen
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-10T11:29:16Zen
dc.date.available2025-02-10T11:29:16Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/172904
dc.titleFlexible assessment of biosecurity in small- and medium scale poultry farms in low and middle income countriesen
dcterms.abstractBackground: Biosecurity measures are essential for mitigating the risk of pathogen introduction and spread in farms. While standardised tools for monitoring biosecurity implementation exist, they are often not tailored to the specific needs of low and middle income countries (LMICs), where pathogen occurrence and farming practices can be highly variable compared to intensive high income country settings. The aim of our study was to develop a flexible risk assessment tool for evaluating biosecurity practices on small and medium-scale poultry farms in LMICs. The methodology described here allows local experts to adapt the tool to current conditions. Results: The development process began by combining two existing questionnaires. These were evaluated by nine experts with expertise in diverse farming systems in LMICs. The experts conducted a knowledge aggregation process to assign weights to the different areas and individual questions within the questionnaires. The median scores from the final expert elicitation informed the weighting of questions in the newly developed questionnaire. These weights are adaptable and can be adjusted to reflect population-specific conditions, which may vary in pathogen load and farming practices. Conclusions: We have developed a flexible biosecurity assessment tool tailored to small-and medium-scaled poultry farms in LMICs. This tool can be used as presented or adapted to local conditions through the input of local experts, allowing for effective and context-specific biosecurity monitoring.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.available2025-02-08en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNielsen, S.S., Kemunto, N.P., Muloi, D.M., Bojesen, A.M., Knight-Jones, T., Ayebare, D., Dione, M., Ibayi, E.L., Poulsen, L.L. and Moodley, A. 2025. Flexible assessment of biosecurity in small and medium scale poultry farms in low and middle income countries. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 67: 9.en
dcterms.extent9en
dcterms.issued2025-02-08en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherBioMed Centralen
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen
dcterms.subjectbiosecurityen
dcterms.subjectpoultryen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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