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

Background: In Argentina, vaccination with Brucella abortus Strain 19 vaccine is mandatory. The objective of the study was to develop and test a method for evaluating, in an innovative way, some farmers’ and veterinarians’ management practices in relation to brucellosis and to assess the vaccinatio...

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Main Authors: Aznar, Maria Natalia, Arregui, Matias Ezequiel, Humblet, M.F., Samartino, Luis Ernesto, Saegerman, C.
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1488
https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12917-017-1201-6?site=bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-017-1201-6
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author Aznar, Maria Natalia
Arregui, Matias Ezequiel
Humblet, M.F.
Samartino, Luis Ernesto
Saegerman, C.
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Humblet, M.F.
Saegerman, C.
Samartino, Luis Ernesto
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Samartino, Luis Ernesto
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description Background: In Argentina, vaccination with Brucella abortus Strain 19 vaccine is mandatory. The objective of the study was to develop and test a method for evaluating, in an innovative way, some farmers’ and veterinarians’ management practices in relation to brucellosis and to assess the vaccination campaign and coverage. The work took place in Brandsen and Navarro districts. Four questionnaires were designed (for officials from Local Sanitary Entities, vaccinators, vet practitioners and farmers). Responses were coded as “ideal” (0) and “not ideal” (1). To assess the relative weight of each question (“item”), experts ranked the items according to their impact on management practices and vaccination. A weighted score was then calculated. A higher weighted score was assigned to the worse practices. Farmers obtaining a global weighted score above the third quartile were classified as “inappropriately managed farms”, to be compared per type of production system and district. To assess the immunization coverage, female calves were sampled 30 to 50 days post vaccination; they were expected to react positively to serological diagnostic tests (DT+).
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spelling INTA14882018-02-26T12:41:25Z Methodology for the assessment of brucellosis management practices and its vaccination campaign : example in two Argentine districts Aznar, Maria Natalia Arregui, Matias Ezequiel Humblet, M.F. Samartino, Luis Ernesto Saegerman, C. Enfermedades de los Animales Brucelosis Vacunación Ganado Bovino Animal Diseases Brucellosis Vaccination Cattle Brandsen, Buenos Aires Navarro, Buenos Aires Background: In Argentina, vaccination with Brucella abortus Strain 19 vaccine is mandatory. The objective of the study was to develop and test a method for evaluating, in an innovative way, some farmers’ and veterinarians’ management practices in relation to brucellosis and to assess the vaccination campaign and coverage. The work took place in Brandsen and Navarro districts. Four questionnaires were designed (for officials from Local Sanitary Entities, vaccinators, vet practitioners and farmers). Responses were coded as “ideal” (0) and “not ideal” (1). To assess the relative weight of each question (“item”), experts ranked the items according to their impact on management practices and vaccination. A weighted score was then calculated. A higher weighted score was assigned to the worse practices. Farmers obtaining a global weighted score above the third quartile were classified as “inappropriately managed farms”, to be compared per type of production system and district. To assess the immunization coverage, female calves were sampled 30 to 50 days post vaccination; they were expected to react positively to serological diagnostic tests (DT+). Inst. de Patobiología Fil: Aznar, Maria Natalia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patobiología; Argentina Fil: Arregui, Matias Ezequiel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patobiología; Argentina Fil: Humblet, M.F. University of Liege. Biosafety and Biosecurity Unit. Department for Occupational Safety and Health; Bélgica Fil: Samartino, Luis Ernesto. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patobiología; Argentina Fil: Saegerman, C. University of Liege. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Center for Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health. Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Applied to Veterinary Sciences; Bélgica 2017-10-13T14:28:11Z 2017-10-13T14:28:11Z 2017-09 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1488 https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12917-017-1201-6?site=bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com 1746-6148 (Online) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-017-1201-6 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Buenos Aires (province) BMC veterinary research 13 : 281. (September 2017)
spellingShingle Enfermedades de los Animales
Brucelosis
Vacunación
Ganado Bovino
Animal Diseases
Brucellosis
Vaccination
Cattle
Brandsen, Buenos Aires
Navarro, Buenos Aires
Aznar, Maria Natalia
Arregui, Matias Ezequiel
Humblet, M.F.
Samartino, Luis Ernesto
Saegerman, C.
Methodology for the assessment of brucellosis management practices and its vaccination campaign : example in two Argentine districts
title Methodology for the assessment of brucellosis management practices and its vaccination campaign : example in two Argentine districts
title_full Methodology for the assessment of brucellosis management practices and its vaccination campaign : example in two Argentine districts
title_fullStr Methodology for the assessment of brucellosis management practices and its vaccination campaign : example in two Argentine districts
title_full_unstemmed Methodology for the assessment of brucellosis management practices and its vaccination campaign : example in two Argentine districts
title_short Methodology for the assessment of brucellosis management practices and its vaccination campaign : example in two Argentine districts
title_sort methodology for the assessment of brucellosis management practices and its vaccination campaign example in two argentine districts
topic Enfermedades de los Animales
Brucelosis
Vacunación
Ganado Bovino
Animal Diseases
Brucellosis
Vaccination
Cattle
Brandsen, Buenos Aires
Navarro, Buenos Aires
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1488
https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12917-017-1201-6?site=bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-017-1201-6
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