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Prev Vet Med ; 229: 106238, 2024 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38870565

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African Swine Fever (ASF) is a contagious viral disease that infects wild and domesticated swine. In early 2022, the virus was found in wild boar in the Apennine mountains of mainland Italy.2 Since then, it has spread from wild boar to domesticated swine. To control the spread of ASF, an effective surveillance system and the implementation of strict biosecurity measures on farms are required yet are unevenly implemented across husbandry systems. Smallholder farms in particular are known to have low levels of biosecurity. In the Apennine mountains of Italy, small commercial farms have been found to have low levels of biosecurity despite being located in areas with high densities of wild boar, and, hence, being high-risk sites for potential ASF incursion and subsequent diffusion. To address the question as to why the level of biosecurity is low, interviews and participant observation were conducted with smallholder commercial farmers. The interviews identified the social, cultural, and ecological factors that affect the implementation of biosecurity measures in small commercial swine farms in the Apennines. Farmers expressed knowledge of priority biosecurity measures and an overall willingness to follow rules and regulations; however, the application of the measures in practice was uneven across farms. Economic, political, and ecological factors as well as farmer beliefs about biosecurity emerged as important factors affecting the implementation of biosecurity measures. These include economic constraints, challenges posed by the mountain environment, a shifting regulatory environment, and ideas about animal welfare. Other important factors include cultural factors such as the use of traditional agricultural methods and norms about customer access to animals, time constraints and the perceived hassle of implementing the measures, farmer age, farmer relationships with government officials and veterinarians, and the role of pigs in reducing farm waste. The study confirmed that wild boar are present in high numbers and in close proximity to smallholder commercial farms in the Apennines.


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Febre Suína Africana , Criação de Animais Domésticos , Surtos de Doenças , Animais , Febre Suína Africana/prevenção & controle , Febre Suína Africana/epidemiologia , Itália/epidemiologia , Suínos , Criação de Animais Domésticos/métodos , Surtos de Doenças/veterinária , Surtos de Doenças/prevenção & controle , Sus scrofa , Biosseguridade , Fazendeiros/psicologia
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Int Health ; 11(6): 487-495, 2019 11 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30689884

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Although folate deficiency is linked to adverse health effects, limited data exist characterizing the problem in rural settings. This study determined the prevalence of folate deficiency and anemia in rural adults in the Haitian Central Plateau using combined laboratory methods. METHODS: Dried blood spots (DBSs) and hemoglobin measurements were collected from adult men and women selected by cluster random sampling in Haiti's Central Plateau. DBSs were analyzed for folate using a microbiological assay. Hemoglobin levels were determined using both a HemoCue photometer and the sodium lauryl sulfate microplate method. Red cell folate (RCF) levels were determined by normalizing DBS folate to hemoglobin. RESULTS: Of the 197 subjects assessed for hemoglobin, 11.4% of males and 21.0% of females were anemic (male: hemoglobin<12 g/dL; female: hemoglobin<11 g/dL). Of the 173 subjects assessed for RCF, 27.9% of men and 14.9% of women were folate deficient (RCF<340 nmol/L). Among reproductive-age women, 83.6% had RCF levels associated with a risk of neural tube defects of >14 per 10 000 live births (RCF≤699 nmol/L). CONCLUSIONS: Adults in the Haitian Central Plateau suffer from high rates of anemia and folate deficiency, putting the population at elevated risk for disease. DBSs and microbiological assay make folate evaluation feasible, even in low-resource regions.


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Deficiência de Ácido Fólico/epidemiologia , Saúde da População Rural/estatística & dados numéricos , Adolescente , Adulto , Anemia/epidemiologia , Bioensaio , Teste em Amostras de Sangue Seco , Feminino , Haiti/epidemiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prevalência , Adulto Jovem
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