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Table 5 Health management and biosecurity practices conducted by cattle, small ruminant and village chicken farms in the CDZ of Myanmar

From: How can we compare multispecies livestock rearing households? – an analysis of the impact of health and production parameters on multispecies livestock rearing outcomes

No.

Management practices

Categories

Cattle

Small ruminants

Village chickens

Comparison between different species

N

% (95% CI)

N

% (95% CI)

N

% (95% CI)

F-statistics

p

1.

Treatment of sick animals

Not conducted

382

6.6 (4.3-10.0)

303

3.9 (2.1-7.2)

327

53.4 (46.1-60.6)

72.5

<0.0001

Traditional treatmenta

17.7 (13.8-22.7)

63.4 (53.1-72.5)

43.1 (36.3-50.1)

Veterinary treatment

34.6 (27.8-42.0)

11.7 (8.2-16.5)

2.0 (0.9-4.6)

Both

41.1 (33.2-49.4)

21.0 (14.1-30.1)

1.5 (0.6-4.0)

2.

Implementation of biosecurity measures on the farm

Yes

382

71.3 (64.7-77.1)

303

36.7 (29.6-44.3)

327

30.3 (24.1-37.4)

58.3

<0.0001

No

28.7 (23.0-35.3)

63.3 (55.7-70.4)

69.7 (62.6-75.9)

3.

Restrict entry of visitors to farms

Yes

382

1.2 (0.4-3.5)

303

0.4 (0.1-2.7)

327

0

199.3

<0.0001

No

98.8 (96.5-99.6)

99.6 (97.3-99.9)

100

4.

Disinfection conducted on the farm

Yes

382

2.7 (1.6-4.3)

303

9.0 (5.6-14.1)

327

3.6 (1.8-7.2)

7.5

0.0017

No

97.3 (95.7-98.4)

91.0 (85.9-94.4)

96.4 (92.8-98.2)

5.

Segregation of sick animals on the farms

Yes

382

43.9 (38.1-49.9)

303

34.0 (25.9-43.1)

327

24.6 (18.0-32.6)

6.3

0.0003

No

48.6 (42.0-55.2)

60.6 (52.7-67.9)

66.4 (58.1-73.8)

Don't know

7.5 (4.9-11.4)

5.4 (3.4-8.6)

9.0 (6.4-12.5)

6.

Segregation of sick animals until recovery

Yes

382

44.1 (38.3-50.0)

303

33.2 (25.1-42.4)

327

24.0 (17.8-31.4)

6.4

0.0004

No

48.4 (41.9-55.0)

59.8 (52.0-67.2)

67.8 (59.6-75.0)

Don't know

7.5 (4.9-11.4)

7.0 (4.6-10.6)

8.2 (5.6-11.9)

  1. aE.g.local herbal drugs, indigenous way of treating