Wu Linhai, Xu Guoyan, Wang Xiaoli
Food Safety Research Base of Jiangsu Province (School of Business), Jiangnan University, No. 1800, Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China.
Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, No. 1800, Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2016 Jan;23(1):661-72. doi: 10.1007/s11356-015-5284-y. Epub 2015 Sep 2.
Disposal of dead pigs by pig farmers may have a direct impact on pork safety, public health, and the ecological environment in China. Drawing on the existing literature, this study analyzed and summarized the main factors that could affect the disposal of dead pigs by pig farmers by conducting a survey of 654 pig farmers in Funing County, Jiangsu Province, China. The purpose of this analysis was to investigate the disposal of dead pigs in China and provide useful regulatory strategies for the government. The interrelationships among dimensions and factors that affect the disposal of dead pigs by farmers were analyzed, and critical factors were identified by a hybrid multi-criteria decision-making method, which is a combination of decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) and analytic network process (ANP). Our results demonstrated that production characteristics were the most important dimensions and that costs and profits, scale of farming, pattern of farming, knowledge of relevant laws and regulations, and knowledge of pig disease and prevention were the five most critical factors affecting the disposal of dead pigs by farmers in China at this stage. The significance of this study lies in further discussing some management policies for the Chinese government regarding strengthen regulation of disposing dead pigs.
养猪户对死猪的处理方式可能会对中国的猪肉安全、公众健康以及生态环境产生直接影响。本研究借鉴现有文献，通过对中国江苏省阜宁县654户养猪户进行调查，分析并总结了可能影响养猪户死猪处理方式的主要因素。该分析的目的是调查中国死猪的处理情况，并为政府提供有用的监管策略。分析了影响农户死猪处理方式的各维度和因素之间的相互关系，并通过一种混合多准则决策方法确定关键因素，该方法是决策试验与评价实验室（DEMATEL）和网络层次分析法（ANP）的结合。我们的研究结果表明，生产特征是最重要的维度，成本与利润、养殖规模、养殖模式、法律法规知识以及猪病与防疫知识是现阶段影响中国养猪户死猪处理方式的五个最关键因素。本研究的意义在于进一步探讨中国政府在加强死猪处理监管方面的一些管理政策。
