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Table 2 Proportion of Swedish farms visited by professionals in their work reported to have certain biosecurity measures in place

From: On-farm biosecurity as perceived by professionals visiting Swedish farms

 

% responses in each category

 

Question

All

Almost all

More than half

Approximately half

Less than half

Almost none

None

n

When visiting farms, proportion of farms that have:

 Hygiene barrier

 

  Pig farms

15.4

33.1

13.2

10.3

9.6

14.0

4.4

136

  Cattle farms

0.7

7.2

3.2

3.2

18.7

44.6

22.3

278

  Sheep/goat farms

0

1.1

0

0

7.3

37.2

54.5

191

  Horse farms

0

0

0.4

0

1.3

14.8

83.5

230

 Protective clothing for visitors

 

  Pig farms

18.0

25.0

16.4

5.5

11.7

14.8

8.6

128

  Cattle farms

0.4

11.0

4.2

6.0

26.2

35.3

17.0

283

  Sheep/goat farms

0

0

0.5

0

4.3

30.8

64.3

185

  Horse farms

0

0

0

0

0

9.0

91.0

234

 Boots for visitors

 

  Pig farms

18.6

24.8

14.0

6.2

10.1

17.8

8.5

129

  Cattle farms

0.4

1.7

4.8

6.6

30.5

39.8

16.3

289

  Sheep/goat farms

0

0

0

0

4.3

28.1

67.6

185

  Horse farms

0

0

0

0

0.0

7.4

92.6

231

 Facilities for hand washing

 

  Pig farms

28.4

33.6

13.4

3.0

11.2

7.5

3.0

134

  Cattle farms

28.0

37.8

7.4

9.1

9.1

6.1

2.4

296

  Sheep/goat farms

1.6

10.2

6.4

10.7

21.9

34.2

15.0

187

  Horse farms

1.7

8.2

6.5

22.1

29.9

19.9

11.7

231

 Hand disinfection

 

  Pig farms

4.4

10.6

7.1

5.3

13.3

36.3

23.0

113

  Cattle farms

1.1

1.1

3.2

5.7

15.0

48.2

25.7

280

  Sheep/goat farms

0

0.6

0.6

1.7

4.6

25.6

67.1

176

  Horse farms

0

0.5

0

2.3

5.4

28.4

63.5

222

Proportion of the farmers who require that visitors use protective clothing:

  Pig farms

27.9

32.6

7.8

12.4

6.2

8.5

4.7

129

  Cattle farms

8.4

20.9

10.6

7.0

16.5

28.9

7.7

273

  Sheep/goat farms

0.6

2.9

4.6

9.2

12.6

35.6

34.5

174

  Horse farms

0.4

0

0

0.9

2.6

29.2

67.0

233

  1. Based on a questionnaire to veterinarians, AI-technicians, animal welfare inspectors, livestock hauliers and hoof trimmers in 2012–2013.