ArticleTropical animal health and production2018
Assessment of biosecurity level in small-scale broiler farms in the Western highlands of Cameroon (Central Africa).
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- Biosecurity practices and their determining factors in commercial layer chickens in selected regions of Tanzania.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- Evaluating biosecurity implementation in commercial broiler poultry production in Gujarat.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Methods and Tools Used for Biosecurity Assessment in Livestock Farms in Africa: A Scoping Review.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2024Article
- Effect of biosecurity-based interventions on broiler crude mortality rate at an early stage of production in the small-scale farming system in Bangladesh.Veterinary medicine and science · 2023Article
- Practical Preventive Considerations for Reducing the Public Health Burden of Poultry-Related Salmonellosis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- A cross-sectional survey for the assessment of biosecurity measures in small-scale duck farms in Qalyoubia, Egypt: Comprehensive evaluation and procedural recommendations.Veterinary world · 2023Article
- Cross-Sectional Survey of Prophylactic and Metaphylactic Antimicrobial Use in Layer Poultry Farming in Cameroon: A Quantitative Pilot Study.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Emerging infectious zoonotic diseases: The neglected role of food animals.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Article
- Assessment of Biosecurity Status in Commercial Chicken Farms Found in Bishoftu Town, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia.Veterinary medicine international · 2021Article
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Abstract
The recent outbreak of avian influenza in the poultry sector of Cameroon has raised a concern about the level of implementation of biosecurity measures (BM) on poultry farms. Therefore, a study using a questionnaire on 102 randomly selected poultry farms was undertaken. Some measures with high adoption levels (> 90%) included "protection of airing openings of poultry barns by a wire mesh," "no external animal allowed to enter the farm," "respect of all-in all-out principle," "functional footbath," "rodent control," and "feedstuff protection from access to rodents." The least implemented measures (less than 20%) were "wearing of dedicated clothing (clean coveralls and boots) by workers," "disinfection of visitors," and "presence of storage room for dead animals." Only for "isolation" component of biosecurity, compliance with biosecurity measures was good, with more than 50% of farms having an adoption rate greater than 75%. The mean biosecurity score for the assessed farms was 19.29 ± 1.89 for a maximum score of 38 points. The score was significantly and positively correlated (p < 0.05) with the number of chicken and the geographic location of farms. The other results showed that the mean number of broiler per cycle was 550.82 ± 76 for a stocking density of 27.20 ± 6.64 birds per m
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