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Endemic and emergent diseases remain a constant threat to poultry production, welfare, and the economy of the poultry industry worldwide. The prevention and control of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), Newcastle disease, and all other diseases depend mainly on implementing complete biosecurity compliance management programs.
Biosecurity encompasses infrastructure, technologies, techniques, management, and basic hygiene practices.
While poultry facilities, fencing, and equipment locations should be designed to facilitate biosecurity practices, effective communication is always a crucial factor.
Biosecurity measurements have been discussed many times. Effective biosecurity depends on strict, constant, and daily compliance at the farm and regional levels. Compliance with biosecurity, such as consistently following sanitation protocols, changing footwear, or respecting areas before entering a production facility, has been reported to reduce diseases significantly.
Unfortunately, poor compliance with biosecurity is an endemic problem in all types of animal production systems worldwide, and it is the main reason biosecurity may not be effective.
In all cases, the human factor is critical.
Many experts in biosecurity have concluded that to be successful in this task, it is necessary to create a culture of biosecurity, address personality traits, provide experiences, and most importantly, ensure continuous education.
Applying new technologies to monitor, audit, and ensure biosecurity is also crucial.
However, it’s important to understand that no single intervention or corrective action can solve the problem of low biosecurity compliance.
THE HUMAN FACTOR IN BIOSECURITY
Human behavioral factors are crucial to implementing effective biosecurity.
The lack of biosecurity compliance is so prevalent in the whole animal industry that it has raised the need for a new area of research.
A better understanding of the complex human decision-making process influencing workers’ willingness to comply with biosecurity protocols requires innovative research approaches and data-collection techniques.
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A better understanding of the complex human decision-making process influencing workers’ willingness to comply with biosecurity protocols requires innovative research
Humans should participate in the strategy, tactics, and operations, ...
