Assessment of Biosecurity in the Health and Livestock Sectors: A Concise Bibliography

Abstract

When it comes to boosting agricultural output and decreasing disease rates, biosecurity is crucial. The purpose of this study was to estimate the bio-security measures put in place on dairy farms in Harar and Dyer Dawar in order to investigate the connections between these measures and the owners' demographic and socioeconomic traits as well as the characteristics of the farms themselves. The present research set out to examine the bio-security state of cattle farms and the variables impacting their bio-security in the eastern areas of Ethiopia, namely in Harar and Dire Dawa. A chi-square test indicated a statistically significant correlation between the locations of the farms and the biosecurity measures put in place. The biosecurity compliance evaluation of the research farms included 124 bio-security procedures. Dairy biosecurity scores ranged from 33 to 74. Biosecurity scores ranged from 27.1% to 61% in terms of ratio or value. Nine out of the twenty-one cow farms that participated in the research had bio-security conformance ratings of "good" since their score percentages were at least 51% (range from 50.3% to 61%). Twelve more farms were classified as "poor" since their percentage scores were below 51% (ranging from 27.1% to 47.4%). The present study divided bio-security into four (4) parts, each with its own mean ± standard deviation: isolation (19.24± 3.91), sanitation (16.64± 6.82), traffic control (16.94± 2.4), and physical management (3.24± 1.06). Only eleven out of ten (11%) spots in Harar city's livestock ranches were deemed to have a "good" degree of bio-security. In addition, eighty-one (81%) of the dairy farms in Diyar Dawa city that were examined had a bio-security adoption level that was deemed "good."