Attitudes and beliefs of pig farmers and wild boar hunters towards reporting of African swine fever in Bulgaria, Germany and the Western Part of the Russian Federation

Vergne Timothée, Guinat Claire, Petkova P., Gogin A., Kolbasov D., Blome S., Molia Sophie, Pinto Ferreira J., Wieland Barbara, Nathues H., Pfeiffer Dirk. 2016. Attitudes and beliefs of pig farmers and wild boar hunters towards reporting of African swine fever in Bulgaria, Germany and the Western Part of the Russian Federation. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 63 (2) : e194-e204.

Quartile : Outlier, Sujet : VETERINARY SCIENCES / Quartile : Q2, Sujet : INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Résumé : This study investigated the attitudes and beliefs of pig farmers and hunters in Germany, Bulgaria and the western part of the Russian Federation towards reporting suspected cases of African swine fever (ASF). Data were collected using a web-based questionnaire survey targeting pig farmers and hunters in these three study areas. Separate multivariable logistic regression models identified key variables associated with each of the three binary outcome variables whether or not farmers would immediately report suspected cases of ASF, whether or not hunters would submit samples from hunted wild boar for diagnostic testing and whether or not hunters would report wild boar carcasses. The results showed that farmers who would not immediately report suspected cases of ASF are more likely to believe that their reputation in the local community would be adversely affected if they were to report it, that they can control the outbreak themselves without the involvement of veterinary services and that laboratory confirmation would take too long. The modelling also indicated that hunters who did not usually submit samples of their harvested wild boar for ASF diagnosis, and hunters who did not report wild boar carcasses are more likely to justify their behaviour through a lack of awareness of the possibility of reporting. These findings emphasize the need to develop more effective communication strategies targeted at pig farmers and hunters about the disease, its epidemiology, consequences and control methods, to increase the likelihood of early reporting, especially in the Russian Federation where the virus circulates.

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Fédération de Russie, Allemagne, Belgique

Classification Agris : L73 - Maladies des animaux

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 4 (2014-2018) - Santé des animaux et des plantes

Auteurs et affiliations

• Vergne Timothée, Royal Veterinary College (GBR)
• Guinat Claire, The Pirbright Institute (GBR)
• Petkova P., Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BGR)
• Gogin A., State Research Institution National Research Institute for Veterinary Virology and Microbiology of Russia (RUS)
• Kolbasov D., State Research Institution National Research Institute for Veterinary Virology and Microbiology of Russia (RUS)
• Blome S., Federal Research Institute for Animal Health (DEU)
• Molia Sophie, CIRAD-ES-UPR AGIRs (MLI) ORCID: 0000-0002-5695-7464
• Pinto Ferreira J., Safoso (CHE)
• Wieland Barbara, Royal Veterinary College (GBR)
• Nathues H., Royal Veterinary College (GBR)
• Pfeiffer Dirk, Royal Veterinary College (GBR)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/576335/)

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