ArticlePloS one2019
Decision-making in livestock biosecurity practices amidst environmental and social uncertainty: Evidence from an experimental game.
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- 'Good farmers' and 'real vets': social identities, behaviour change and the future of bovine tuberculosis eradication.Irish veterinary journal · 2023Review
- Editorial: Promoting compliance with biosecurity in animal production.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- Factors affecting the use of biosecurity measures for the protection of ruminant livestock and farm workers against infectious diseases in central South Africa.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2022Article
- Modelling livestock infectious disease control policy under differing social perspectives on vaccination behaviour.PLoS computational biology · 2022Article
- Comparing behavioral risk assessment strategies for quantifying biosecurity compliance to mitigate animal disease spread.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Assessing strategic, tactical, and operational decision-making and risk in a livestock production chain through experimental simulation platforms.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Effects of message delivery on cross-cultural biosecurity compliance: Insights from experimental simulations.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Connecting livestock disease dynamics to human learning and biosecurity decisions.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Message Delivery Strategy Influences Willingness to Comply With Biosecurity.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
- Emulating Agricultural Disease Management: Comparing Risk Preferences Between Industry Professionals and Online Participants Using Experimental Gaming Simulations and Paired Lottery Choice Surveys.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Article
- Effects of Social Cues on Biosecurity Compliance in Livestock Facilities: Evidence From Experimental Simulations.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Article
- Using experimental gaming simulations to elicit risk mitigation behavioral strategies for agricultural disease management.PloS one · 2020Article
- Risk Attitudes Affect Livestock Biosecurity Decisions With Ramifications for Disease Control in a Simulated Production System.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2019Article
- Willingness to Comply With Biosecurity in Livestock Facilities: Evidence From Experimental Simulations.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2019Article
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Abstract
Livestock industries are vulnerable to disease threats, which can cost billions of dollars and have substantial negative social ramifications. Losses are mitigated through increased use of disease-related biosecurity practices, making increased biosecurity an industry goal. Currently, there is no industry-wide standard for sharing information about disease incidence or on-site biosecurity strategies, resulting in uncertainty regarding disease prevalence and biosecurity strategies employed by industry stakeholders. Using an experimental simulation game, with primarily student participants, we examined willingness to invest in biosecurity when confronted with disease outbreak scenarios. We varied the scenarios by changing the information provided about 1) disease incidence and 2) biosecurity strategy or response by production facilities to the threat of disease. Here we show that willingness to invest in biosecurity increases with increased information about disease incidence, but decreases with increased information about biosecurity practices used by nearby facilities. Thus, the type or context of the uncertainty confronting the decision maker may be a major factor influencing behavior. Our findings suggest that policies and practices that encourage greater sharing of disease incidence information should have the greatest benefit for protecting herd health.
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