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Assessment of Farmers' Perception and Utilization of Biosecurity Measures in the Management of Pig Disease in South-East, Nigeria
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The study assessed farmers' perception and utilization of biosecurity measures in the management of pig disease outbreaks in Southeast Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 270 respondents for the study. Data were collected from the respondents using a well-structured questionnaire. The results show that pig farmers in South-East Nigeria have a low perception of biosecurity measures, with a grand mean of 2.27. Also, the grand mean for the level of utilization of biosecurity measures among pig farmers was low at 2.34. Constraints militating against effective utilization of biosecurity measures by the farmers are “high cost of implementing the measures (83.7%) and poor access to veterinary and Extension services (80.0%). Ordinary Least Squares regression analysis shows that education, training, membership in the pig farmers' association, and access to capital have significant relationships with the use of biosecurity disease measures. Pearson Correlation Coefficient shows that there is no significant relationship between the farmers’ perception of biosecurity measures and their level of use for managing pig disease outbreaks. It was concluded that pig farmers in Southeast Nigeria have a low perception of biosecurity measures and low utilization of biosecurity measures. It was recommended that wide campaigns and awareness creation should be carried out to improve farmer knowledge and use of biosecurity measures for pig disease outbreak management.
