ArticlePorcine health management2026
Practices and impact of biosecurity on pig performance in the West Region of Cameroon.
Article in Porcine health management, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Factors Associated With Biosecurity Preparedness for Foreign Animal Diseases Among Swine Farms in the United States Territory of Puerto Rico.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundIn Africa, pig significantly contributes to animal protein supply to enhance food security. Pig farming in Cameroon is subject to perpetual health threats, with the spread of several diseases which strongly impact the production. This study aimed to evaluate the biosecurity compliance in pig farms in the West Region of Cameroon and assess its relationship with production performance. During on farm visit and face to face interview, data about biosecurity, veterinary drug usage and production parameters were collected in 78 randomly selected farms from April and October 2024.
resultsResults showed that almost all of pig farms (98.7%) used antiparasitics and 94.9% used antibiotics for preventive (58.7%) or curative (41.3%) purposes. Vaccination against swine erysipelas was practiced by only 24.4% of farmers. More than half of the farms (64.1%) in the study area had a biosecurity score below 50 out of 100 and the average biosecurity score was 47 (ranged 28-66). Biosecurity measure related to personnel and visitors ranked the lowest score (21, range 0-71) while measures applied during farrowing and suckling period (77, range 20-100), and those associated with the environment and region (77, range 40-100) ranked the highest. The biosecurity level was significantly influenced by the years of experience and the training in pig farming of interviewees, the herd size, the type of breeds reared and the production type (farrower, grower‐finisher or farrow‐to‐finish). Findings revealed a moderate association between number of farrowings per sow per year and lactation length. A correlation was found between biosecurity and lactation length. The high mortality rate (44.64 ± 24.60%) recorded on farms with a poor level of biosecurity compared to others (15.45 ± 11.94%) shows the importance of biosecurity in the prevention and control of diseases and the improvement of production.
conclusionsThe results of this study highlight the need for capacity building and awareness among farmers on the importance of implementing biosecurity measures for improving pig production.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.