Table 4 Biosecurity preventive measures undertaken by poultry producers in Nigeria
Biosecurity measure | Free-range | Small-scale | Medium-scale | Large-scale | All households |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Closed doors in poultry house all the time | 55.4% | 75.0% | 80.4% | 76.7% | 63.5% |
Check poultry house daily for dead or sick birds | 83.4% | 92.0% | 93.5% | 92.9% | 86.9% |
Kept same poultry cage during the outbreak in village | 71.0% | 82.9% | 82.2% | 82.1% | 75.5% |
Quarantined newly purchased poultry | 56.4% | 68.3% | 72.3% | 78.5% | 62.0% |
Check the symptoms of diseases before purchase | 78.4% | 84.1% | 87.0% | 86.2% | 80.9% |
Used all-in and all-out method for each type of poultry | 57.3% | 72.7% | 80.6% | 73.7% | 64.8% |
Monitored contact between your’s and neighbors’ poultry | 50% | 67.6% | 79.5% | 73.1% | 58.3% |
Monitored contact between your’s and wild poultry | 47.8% | 70.9% | 81.6% | 64.3% | 57.8% |
All visitors cleaned with disinfectant | 29.3% | 42.2% | 65.8% | 56.7% | 38.4% |
All visitors changed clothes | 26.0% | 31.7% | 42.1% | 33.3% | 29.6% |
Frequently cleaned floors and cages from feces | 77.6% | 84.6% | 86.0% | 85.2% | 80.5% |
Total number of biosecurity measures implemented | 4.92 | 6.23 | 7.20 | 8.89 | 5.52 |
Closed doors in poultry house all the time | 55.4% | 75.0% | 80.4% | 76.7% | 63.5% |
Check poultry house daily for dead or sick birds | 83.4% | 92.0% | 93.5% | 92.9% | 86.9% |
Kept same poultry cage during the outbreak in village | 71.0% | 82.9% | 82.2% | 82.1% | 75.5% |
Quarantined newly purchased poultry | 56.4% | 68.3% | 72.3% | 78.5% | 62.0% |
Check the symptoms of diseases before purchase | 78.4% | 84.1% | 87.0% | 86.2% | 80.9% |
Used all-in and all-out method for each type of poultry | 57.3% | 72.7% | 80.6% | 73.7% | 64.8% |
Monitored contact en between your’s and neighbors’ poultry | 50% | 67.6% | 79.5% | 73.1% | 58.3% |
Monitored contact between your’s and wild poultry | 47.8% | 70.9% | 81.6% | 64.3% | 57.8% |
All visitors cleaned with disinfectant | 29.3% | 42.2% | 65.8% | 56.7% | 38.4% |
All visitors changed clothes | 26.0% | 31.7% | 42.1% | 33.3% | 29.6% |
Frequently cleaned floors and cages from feces | 77.6% | 84.6% | 86.0% | 85.2% | 80.5% |
Total number of biosecurity measures implemented | 4.92 | 6.23 | 7.20 | 8.89 | 5.52 |