Why do farmers and veterinarians not report all bovine abortions, as requested by the clinical brucellosis surveillance system in France?

Table 2 Characteristics of farmers

Production type¹	Start of the farmer’s activity	Number of breeding cattle	Number of reported abortions (detected abortions²)		Department
Production type¹	Start of the farmer’s activity	Number of breeding cattle	in 2011	in 2012
Dairy	2005	70-80	0 (3)	1 (1)	A
Dairy*	1990	130	5 (5)	4 (4)	A
Dairy*	1990	130-150	1 (9)	2 (2)	A
Dairy*	2008	65	0 (1)	0 (0)	A
Mixed	1992	65	1 (1)	0 (4)	A
Mixed*	1997	270	0 (about 14)	0 (about 14)	A
Mixed	1992	30-40	0 (5)	0 (2)	A
Mixed*	1991	110	0 (2)	0 (5 to 8)	A
Mixed*	2003	160	2 (3–4)	0 (1)	B
Beef*	1993	65-70	0 (1)	0 (0)	B
Beef*	2006	50	0 (0)	7 (7)	B
Beef	2001	85-90	0 (1)	1 (1)	B

¹Herds included beef cattle, dairy cattle, or a mixture of both types of production.
²The number of detected abortions was collected during the interviews with farmers.
*Farmers participating in the cattle performance recording programme.

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