Delpont Mattias, Salazar Luis G, Dewulf Jeroen, Zbikowski Artur, Szeleszczuk Piotr, Dufay-Lefort Anne-Christine, Rousset Nathalie, Spaans Annick, Amalraj Arthi, Tilli Giuditta, Piccirillo Alessandra, Devesa Aitor, Sevilla-Navarro Sandra, van Meirhaege Hilde, Kovács László, Jóźwiak Ákos Bernard, Guérin Jean-Luc, Paul Mathilde C
IHAP, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, Toulouse, France.
Department of Internal Medicine, Reproduction and Population Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Front Vet Sci. 2023 Aug 15;10:1231377. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1231377. eCollection 2023.
Compliance with required on-farm biosecurity practices reduces the risk of contamination and spread of zoonotic and economically important diseases. With repeating avian influenza epidemics in the poultry industry, the need to monitor and improve the overall level of biosecurity is increasing. In practice, biosecurity compliance is assessed by various actors (e.g., academic, private and public institutions), and the results of such assessments may be recorded and gathered in databases which are seldom shared or thoroughly analyzed. This study aimed to provide an inventory of databases related to the assessment of biosecurity in poultry farms in seven major poultry-producing European countries to highlight challenges and opportunities associated with biosecurity data collection, sharing, and use. The institutions in charge of these databases were contacted and interviewed using a structured questionnaire to gather information on the main characteristics of the databases and the context of their implementation. A total of 20 databases were identified, covering the gamut of poultry species and production types. Most databases were linked to veterinary health authorities or academia, and to a lesser extent interbranch organizations. Depending on the institutions in charge, the databases serve various purposes, from providing advice to enforcing regulations. The quality of the biosecurity data collected is believed to be quite reliable, as biosecurity is mostly assessed by trained farm advisors or official veterinarians and during a farm visit. Some of the databases are difficult to analyze and/or do not offer information concerning which biosecurity measures are most or least respected. Moreover, some key biosecurity practices are sometimes absent from certain databases. Although the databases serve a variety of purposes and cover different production types, each with specific biosecurity features, their analysis should help to improve the surveillance of biosecurity in the poultry sector and provide evidence on the benefits of biosecurity.
遵守农场所需的生物安全措施可降低人畜共患病和具有经济重要性的疾病的污染和传播风险。随着家禽业禽流感疫情的反复出现，监测和提高生物安全总体水平的需求日益增加。在实践中，生物安全合规情况由不同行为主体（如学术机构、私营和公共机构）进行评估，此类评估结果可能会记录并收集到数据库中，但这些数据库很少共享或进行深入分析。本研究旨在列出与欧洲七个主要家禽生产国的家禽农场生物安全评估相关的数据库清单，以突出生物安全数据收集、共享和使用方面的挑战与机遇。通过使用结构化问卷与负责这些数据库的机构进行联系和访谈，以收集有关数据库主要特征及其实施背景的信息。共识别出20个数据库，涵盖了各种家禽品种和生产类型。大多数数据库与兽医卫生当局或学术界相关联，与行业间组织的关联程度较低。根据负责机构的不同，这些数据库有不同用途，从提供建议到执行法规。所收集的生物安全数据质量据信相当可靠，因为生物安全大多由训练有素的农场顾问或官方兽医在农场访问期间进行评估。一些数据库难以分析和/或未提供有关哪些生物安全措施最受或最不受重视的信息。此外，某些数据库有时缺少一些关键的生物安全措施。尽管这些数据库用途各异，涵盖不同生产类型，每种生产类型都有特定的生物安全特征，但对它们的分析应有助于改善家禽业生物安全监测，并提供生物安全效益的证据。
