Assessment of utilisation of biosecurity measures among pig farmers in Oyo state

Abstract

Spread and establishment of infectious diseases is a major challenge to livestock farming including pig production, as it significantly affects public health and farm output. Multi stage sampling techniques were adopted for this study. One hundred and twenty (120) respondents were selected for the study. Data were collected using well structured questionnaire and interview guide. The study described the socioeconomic and production characteristics of the respondents. The study also identified the biosecurity measures adopted and the factors that determined these by pig farmers in the study area. The result showed that 54% of the respondents were male, with a mean age and household size of 38 years and 7 members respectively. Most (55%) of the pig farmers had secondary school education. The most frequently used biosecurity measures were wearing footwears designated for farm work, use specific clothes for farm work and disinfection of the pen floor. The regression result showed that the R2 was 0.52 indicating that about 52% of the variation in the factors affecting the use of biosecurity measure was explained by the model. From the study, it is recommended that extensive biosecurity measures should be enforced e.g discouragement of sharing farm tools.