Methodology for the assessment of brucellosis management practices and its vaccination campaign: example in two Argentine districts

Table 2 Vet practitioners’ questionnaire

Items	Answers		Experts’ opinion		Weighting
Items	Ideal	Not ideal	Average [A]	CV	Weighted Factor [B]
The veterinarian suggests a brucellosis serological diagnostic test in case of abortions	Yes	No	105.0	0.199	0.210
The veterinarian suggests a brucellosis serological test in case of retained placenta, no-pregnancy or calf/calves born weak	Yes	No	100.0	0.176	0.200
The veterinarian suggests a brucellosis serological test in case of orchitis or epididymitis in males	Yes	No	63.0	0.407	0.126
The veterinarian suggests quarantine for purchased cattle	Yes	No	77.0	0.374	0.154
The veterinarian suggests a brucellosis serological test when purchasing females >18 months and males >6 months	Yes	No	120.0	0.093	0.240
The veterinarian performs a brucellosis serological test before selling cattle for reproductive reasons	Yes	No	35.0	0.391	0.070

Legend: CV = coefficient of variation [A] Average of points distributed by the experts, per item. [B] Weighted factor per item. This value was obtained after dividing [A] by the total of points distributed by each expert (100 points). The sum of all weighted items equals 1
List of items, possible answers, experts’ opinion and weighting

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