Survey of risk factors, awareness and practices for FIVID in backyard swine farms

摘要

This study determined the important variables contributing to FMD outbreaks in backyard swine farms in Laguna, Eleven barangays with the most number of reported FMD outbreaks were included in the study. Out of the 70 respondents, 28 (40 per cent) farmowners claimed to have experienced an FMD outbreak while 42 (60 per cent) have not. Five variables were identified as contributors to FMD outbreaks in the province, these are as follows: the non-practice of regular vaccination, the non-farm source of swill, renting of boars, farm visitors and distance of less than 5 km to other farms, market and abattoir. These variables were identified using the chi-square test for independence at P<0 05 Majority of the respondents (9.3 per cent) do not have sufficient knowledge about FMD Respondents who answered a questionnaire with more than 70 per cent correct answers were classified as aware enough of FMD.