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Investigation and quantification of prevalent risk factors for the introduction of avian influenza in European poultry farms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2010

B.J. GRABKOWSKY  and
H.-W. WINDHORST
B.J. GRABKOWSKY*
Affiliation:
Lohmann Animal Health GmbH & Co. KG, Heinz-Lohmann-Strasse 4, 27472 Cuxhaven, Germany
H.-W. WINDHORST
Affiliation:
Institute of Spatial Analysis and Planning in Areas of Intensive Agriculture (ISPA), University of Vechta, Driverstrasse 22, 49377 Vechta, Germany
*
Corresponding author: Barbara.grabkowsky@lohmann.de
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Abstract

The following review aims to gain more insight into farm management in European poultry farms, to identify prevalent risk factors for the introduction of avian influenza (AI) and to develop a procedure to assess a farms risk status. Data on farm management were gathered by using questionnaires and visitor books in 343 farms in Austria, Germany, and The Netherlands. In addition, the farmers documented private and production related visitors for 30 days in a logbook. To evaluate the results, an international expert panel defined and weighted the most important risk factors for AI introduction at farm level within a three-stage Delphi study. Based on this evaluation, all farms were assigned to three classes of risk. To communicate the results to the farmers as comprehensible as possible, a traffic-light scheme was used. The highest risk class represented poultry farms with a high potential for AIV introduction.

Keywords

Avian influenzarisk assessmentrisk factorsbiosecurityfarm managementdisease preventionpoultry
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Review Article
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 66 , Issue 3 , September 2010 , pp. 381 - 398
Copyright
World's Poultry Science Association 2010

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