Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice on livestock traceability among cattle farmers and cattle traders in pen
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Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice on livestock traceability among cattle farmers and cattle traders in peninsular Malaysia and its impact on disease control A. B. Salina 1,2 & Latiffah Hassan 1
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A. A. Saharee 1 & S. M. Jajere 1 & M. A. Stevenson 3 & K. Ghazali 2
Received: 11 April 2020 / Accepted: 25 October 2020 # Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Abstract The ability to trace the movement of animals and their related products is key to success in animal disease control. To ensure that a traceability system is optimized, livestock farmers and traders must have good appreciation and understanding about animal tracing. The present study examined the traceability of cattle in Malaysia vis-à-vis the domains of knowledge, attitude, and practice among cattle farmers and traders. A total of 543 farmers and traders in Peninsular Malaysia were interviewed. The results revealed that over 60% of the respondents had satisfactory knowledge and attitude about cattle movement and traceability. A lower proportion of the respondents (49%) were involved in appropriate practice that facilitated traceability of cattle. We found that the type of husbandry system and stakeholders’ participation in livestock management–specific short courses were positively associated with satisfactory knowledge, attitude, and practice. A structured education and training program should be formulated to improve these domains so that the benefit of traceability becomes clear, paving the way to a successful traceability program. Keywords Knowledge . Attitude . Practice . Traceability . Disease control . Risk factors . Malaysia
Introduction While the level of Malaysia’s local beef production has been slowly increasing in recent years, it is still insufficient to meet local demand for beef and cattle products (Abdulla et al. 2016). The Malaysian government targeted a 32.7% selfsufficiency of beef by 2020, thus translating into a slaughter figure of 450,000 heads of cattle each year (Ariff et al. 2015; MOA 2015). To ensure sustainable livestock production, a system needs to be in place to monitor and trace disease occurrences in the cattle population. Traceability of livestock will facilitate containment of diseases as well as reduce their future occurrence (Adesokan and Ocheja 2014).
* Latiffah Hassan [email protected] 1
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Department of Veterinary Services, Wisma Tani, 62630 Putrajaya, Malaysia
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Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
A system of traceability for live animals and animal products is an important tool to monitor animal health and husbandry, public health, food safety, and trade (Aubin 2016). A complete animal traceability system comprises three main components, namely animal identification, premise registration, and animal movement tracking (Schroeder and Tonsor 2012). Most developed countries prioritize traceability of animal and anim
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