Very useful/useful and do | Very useful/useful and don’t do | Not very useful and do | Not very useful and don’t do | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Isolating sick animals | 51 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Closed herd | 23 | 31 | 0 | 2 |
Encouraging vehicles to park away from stock areas | 52 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Cleaning and disinfecting vehicles after moving animals | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Not grazing, or resting pastures recently spread with waste | 47 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Regular pest control | 47 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Buying from known health status farms | 27 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
Seeking regular advice from vets and herd health schemes | 42 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
Minimising contact with neighbours’ animals | 39 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
Ensuring visitors clean and disinfect after visits | 36 | 12 | 3 | 5 |
Minimising equipment use for different purposes | 38 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Fencing off stock access to watercourses | 33 | 8 | 0 | 7 |
Isolating animals moving onto the farm | 20 | 16 | 0 | 9 |
Testing animals moving onto the farm | 3 | 28 | 0 | 11 |
Using own vehicles for animal movements | 34 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Minimising visitors to the farm | 26 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
Minimising equipment sharing between farms | 24 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
Locating animal loading areas away from the rest of the stock | 24 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
Not co-grazing different species | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |