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Table 2 Biosecurity practices listed according to usefulness and whether they were nominated as being undertaken on farms by 56 farmers within the study area*

From: Cattle producers’ perceptions of biosecurity

 

Very useful/useful and do

Very useful/useful and don’t do

Not very useful and do

Not very useful and don’t do

Isolating sick animals

51

5

0

0

Closed herd

23

31

0

2

Encouraging vehicles to park away from stock areas

52

2

2

0

Cleaning and disinfecting vehicles after moving animals

44

0

2

0

Not grazing, or resting pastures recently spread with waste

47

2

0

3

Regular pest control

47

5

3

1

Buying from known health status farms

27

13

0

3

Seeking regular advice from vets and herd health schemes

42

7

3

2

Minimising contact with neighbours’ animals

39

9

5

2

Ensuring visitors clean and disinfect after visits

36

12

3

5

Minimising equipment use for different purposes

38

7

1

8

Fencing off stock access to watercourses

33

8

0

7

Isolating animals moving onto the farm

20

16

0

9

Testing animals moving onto the farm

3

28

0

11

Using own vehicles for animal movements

34

7

7

8

Minimising visitors to the farm

26

7

3

19

Minimising equipment sharing between farms

24

6

7

10

Locating animal loading areas away from the rest of the stock

24

6

7

17

Not co-grazing different species

2

0

1

6

  1. *’Don’t know’ and ‘Not applicable’ responses were removed resulting in not all rows adding up to 56 responses.