From: Questionnaire study and postmortem findings in backyard chicken flocks in Finland
Characteristics | No. of flocks | % |
---|---|---|
Change shoes before/after flock contact (n = 178)A | ||
Yes | 23 | 12.9 |
No | 155 | 87.1 |
Possibility to wash hands in animal premises (n = 177) | ||
Yes | 62 | 35.0 |
No | 115 | 65.0 |
Wild birds have a contact with flock (n = 178) | ||
Yes | 64 | 36.0 |
No | 114 | 64.0 |
Visitors in the animal premises (n = 178) | ||
Often | 25 | 14.0 |
Seldom | 125 | 70.2 |
Never | 28 | 15.7 |
Birds inside during 1.3. - 31.5. (n = 176) | ||
Yes | 135 | 76.7 |
No | 41 | 23.3 |
Connection to a commercial poultry farm (n = 178) | ||
Yes | 10 | 5.6 |
No | 168 | 94.4 |
Distance to the nearest intense poultry farm (n = 178) | ||
<1 km | 1 | 0.6 |
1-3 km | 10 | 5.6 |
4-5 km | 6 | 3.4 |
6-10 km | 16 | 9.0 |
>10 km | 73 | 41.0 |
Don’t know | 72 | 40.4 |
Other farm animals in the farm (n = 178) | ||
Yes | 98 | 55.1 |
No | 80 | 44.9 |
Pets in the farm (n = 178) | ||
Yes | 161 | 90.4 |
No | 17 | 9.6 |