Saegerman Claude, Niemi Jarkko K, De Briyne Nancy, Jansen Wiebke, Cantaloube Alain, Heylen Marcel, Niine Tarmo, Jerab Julia Gabrielle, Allepuz Alberto, Chantziaras Ilias, Rodrigues da Costa Maria, Humblet Marie-France, Filippitzi Maria Eleni
Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Applied to Veterinary Sciences (UREAR-Uliège), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health (FARAH) Center, Department of Infections and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège 4000, Belgium.
Bioeconomy and Environment Unit, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Seinäjoki 60320, Finland.
Transbound Emerg Dis. 2024 Mar 30;2024:6743691. doi: 10.1155/2024/6743691. eCollection 2024.
The European Union Animal Health Law (2016/429) emphasizes disease prevention, underpinned by livestock biosecurity, surveillance, and traceability, as key aspects to minimize the risk of animal diseases. An important element of biosecurity is the training of key actors involved in implementing it. However, their needs and expectations regarding this training are poorly known. Under the COST action BETTER (CA20103), a World Café was organized to identify the needs and expectations of biosecurity training for farmers, veterinary practitioners, veterinary students, and other actors. A total of 78 participants distributed in four groups participated in the World Café. Needs and expectations were identified and ranked in decreasing order of importance. For farmers, the most important aspects were training focusing on practical aspects, the planning of training sessions in the day to accommodate workload, the need to prepare multiple reminders of upcoming training, and the short duration of events. For veterinary practitioners, it was considered that a mixed approach, including a theoretical and a practical part where people are invited to create a biosecurity plan and a follow-up report, were the most important features of training. For veterinary students, creating a good knowledge of the main principles of biosecurity was found as an essential element of training. Regarding other actors, gaining an understanding in the spread of pathogens and the repercussions on the cost of animal products that diseases might have (consumers), training on good/best practices of cleaning and disinfection and the development of clear protocols (transporters), and a mixture of formal and informal training and training on communication skills (other actors) were considered important. The World Café was a useful method to have a first identification, discussion, and differentiation on livestock biosecurity training needs and expectations of the key actors, although additional follow-up research involving more participants from more diverse countries with different coverage of cultures and education would be beneficial. These needs and expectations are relevant and should be considered when designing new training courses.
欧盟动物卫生法（2016/429）强调疾病预防，以家畜生物安全、监测和可追溯性为支撑，将其作为降低动物疾病风险的关键方面。生物安全的一个重要要素是对参与实施生物安全的关键人员进行培训。然而，人们对他们在这种培训方面的需求和期望知之甚少。在“更好的生物安全培训”（CA20103）成本行动下，组织了一次世界咖啡会谈，以确定农民、兽医从业者、兽医学生和其他人员对生物安全培训的需求和期望。共有78名参与者分成四组参加了世界咖啡会谈。确定了需求和期望，并按重要性降序排列。对于农民来说，最重要的方面是注重实践的培训、根据日常工作量安排培训课程、需要为即将到来的培训准备多次提醒以及活动持续时间短。对于兽医从业者来说，人们认为一种混合方法，包括理论部分和实践部分，邀请人们制定生物安全计划和后续报告，是培训的最重要特征。对于兽医学生来说，培养对生物安全主要原则的良好认识被视为培训的一个基本要素。对于其他人员，了解病原体的传播以及疾病可能对动物产品成本产生的影响（消费者）、关于清洁和消毒的良好/最佳做法的培训以及制定明确的协议（运输者），以及正式和非正式培训的混合以及沟通技能培训（其他人员）被认为很重要。世界咖啡会谈是一种有用的方法，可以对家畜生物安全培训需求以及关键人员的期望进行初步识别、讨论和区分，尽管涉及来自更多不同国家、具有不同文化和教育覆盖范围的更多参与者的额外后续研究将是有益的。在设计新的培训课程时，这些需求和期望是相关的，应该予以考虑。
