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Factors affecting the intervention to increase the biosecurity levels of poultry production clusters (PPCs) in Thailand |
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| Creator | Worapol Aengwanich, Thongchai Boonsorn and Komvut Thammasar |
| Title | Factors affecting the intervention to increase the biosecurity levels of poultry production clusters (PPCs) in Thailand |
| Publisher | Mahasarakham University |
| Publication Year | 2559 |
| Journal Title | Research & Knowledge |
| Journal Vol. | 2 |
| Journal No. | 2 |
| Page no. | 59-67 |
| Keyword | Biosecurity, poultry production cluster, PPCs, intervention, Nong Khai, Thailand |
| ISSN | 2408-204x |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors affecting the intervention to increasethe biosecurity levels of poultry farms in Nong Khai province, Thailand. Research participants were80 farms from three districts. The research was conducted from July to October, 2013. Before, during,and after the interventions, we studied the results of the two parts: The first part involves the factorsaffecting changes in farmers' behavior to improve the biosecurity levels, the second involves thebiosecurity levels as well as morbidity and mortality number of chickens both before and after theinterventions. The results showed that factors contributing to the success of the interventions to enablefarmers make improvements to increase the biosecurity levels in their poultry farms were education,locations of the poultry production clusters and network, leaders of the clusters, gender, performanceof government officials, poultry diseases and epidemics on farms, and combine works between theresearcher, government officials and farmers. Moreover, it was found that after the interventions, therewas a statistically significant increase (P<0.05) in the biosecurity levels of poultry farms in Nong Khaiprovince. At the same time, when biosecurity increased, the morbidity and mortality number ofchickens in poultry farms decreased significantly (P<0.05). This phenomenon indicated that manycombine factors affect the success of intervention for improving biosecurity level in poultry farms andbiosecurity levels affected to morbidity and mortality number of chickens in poultry farms. |
