Estimating the level of disease risk and biosecurity on commercial poultry farms in New Zealand     

SS Greening  K Mulqueen  TG Rawdon  NP French  MC Gates 《New Zealand veterinary journal》2020,68(5):261-271

ABSTRACT

Aims: To collect baseline data on the contact risk pathways and biosecurity practices of commercial poultry farms in New Zealand, investigate the relationship between the farm-level disease contact risks and biosecurity practices, and identify important poultry health concerns of producers.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey of all registered New Zealand commercial poultry operations was conducted in 2016 collecting information on farm demographics, biosecurity practices, and contact risk pathways. Survey responses were used to generate an unweighted subjective disease risk score based on eight risk criteria and a subjective biosecurity score based on the frequency with which producers reported implementing seven biosecurity measures. Producer opinions towards poultry health issues were also determined.

Results: Responses to the survey response were obtained from 120/414 (29.0%) producers, including 57/157 (36.3%) broiler, 33/169 (19.5%) layer, 24/55 (44%) breeder, and 6/32 (19%) other poultry production types. Median disease risk scores differed between production types (p?<?0.001) and were lowest for breeder enterprises. The greatest risk for layer and broiler enterprises was from the potential movement of employees between sheds, and for breeder enterprises was the on- and off-farm movement of goods and services. Median biosecurity scores also differed between production types (p?<?0.001), and were highest for breeder and broiler enterprises. Across all sectors there was no statistical correlation between biosecurity scores and disease risk scores. Producers showed a high level of concern over effectively managing biosecurity measures.

Conclusions: The uptake of biosecurity measures in the commercial poultry farms surveyed was highly variable, with some having very low scores despite significant potential disease contact risks. This may be related to the low prevalence or absence of many important infectious poultry diseases in New Zealand leading farmers to believe there is a limited need to maintain good biosecurity as well as farmer uncertainty around the efficacy of different biosecurity measures. Further research is needed to understand barriers towards biosecurity adoption including evaluating the cost-effectiveness of biosecurity interventions.  相似文献   

Assessing obesity in adult dogs and cats presenting for routine vaccination appointments in the North Island of New Zealand using electronic medical records data     

MC Gates  S Zito  LC Harvey  A Dale  JK Walker 《New Zealand veterinary journal》2019,67(3):126-133

Aims: To assess the prevalence of obesity in adult dogs and cats presented to first-opinion veterinary clinics in the North Island of New Zealand for routine vaccination appointments, using electronic medical records.

Methods: Ten first-opinion veterinary clinics across the North Island of New Zealand provided electronic medical records for all routine vaccination appointments for adult (>1 year old) dogs and cats between 1 January 2011 and 30 June 2016. Animals with a body condition score (BCS) of 6 or 7 on a 9-point scale and 4 on a 5-point scale were classified as overweight; those with a BCS of 8 or 9 on a 9-point scale and 5 on a 5-point scale were classified as obese. A total of 106,144 records were available over the study period, of which 48,041 (45.2%) had both a recorded weight and BCS.

Results: Of the 24,247 records for dogs with both BCS and weight, 6,324 (26.1%) were classified as overweight, and 551 (2.3%) as obese. The prevalence of dogs classified as overweight or obese was highest in dogs aged between 5–13 years. The odds of desexed dogs being classified as overweight or obese was greater than the odds for intact dogs (OR=1.42 (95% CI=1.29–1.57), p<0.001) adjusting for the effects of age. Of the 23,794 records for cats with a recorded weight and BCS, 5,222 (21.9%) were classified as overweight, and 622 (2.6%) as obese. The prevalence of cats classified as overweight or obese was highest in cats aged between 5–11 years. The odds of desexed cats being classified as overweight or obese tended to be greater than the odds for intact cats (OR=1.14 (95% CI=0.98–1.31); p=0.075), adjusting for the effects of age.

Conclusions: Although there are limitations with using electronic medical records to estimate the prevalence of obesity in companion animal populations, the results highlight that a significant number of animals presenting for routine vaccination appointments were classified as overweight or obese.

Clinical Relevance: It is important for veterinarians to record both patient body condition and weight during routine preventative care appointments to allow accurate ongoing monitoring of trends in obesity at both the patient and population levels.

Abbreviations: BCS: Body condition score  相似文献   

Utility of bronchoscopy combined with surgery in the treatment and outcomes of dogs with intrathoracic disease secondary to plant awn migration     

Erin A. Gibson  Ingrid M. Balsa  Philipp D. Mayhew  Kathryn Phillips  Michelle A. Giuffrida  William T. N. Culp  Michele A. Steffey  Lynelle R. Johnson 《Veterinary surgery : VS》2019,48(7):1309-1317

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Infection control practices employed within small animal veterinary practices—A systematic review     

Angela Willemsen  Rowland Cobbold  Justine Gibson  Kathryn Wilks  Sheleigh Lawler  Simon Reid 《Zoonoses and public health》2019,66(5):439-457

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Hypoventilation,cardiac dysrhythmia,and cardiac arrest following acute Brunfelsia species (Yesterday,today, tomorrow) intoxication in a dog     

JD Crowley  KA Thomas  SL Donahoe  G Child  MC Hickey  ET Mooney 《Australian veterinary journal》2019,97(6):202-207

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Investigating mechanisms of spatiotemporal epidemic spread using stochastic models     

Gibson GJ 《Phytopathology》1997,87(2):139-146

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Anthelmintic resistance in gastrointestinal nematodes of dairy cattle in the Macalister Irrigation District of Victoria          下载免费PDF全文

SL Bullen  DS Beggs  PD Mansell  DJ Runciman  J Malmo  MC Playford  MF Pyman 《Australian veterinary journal》2016,94(1-2):35-41

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Validation of the acute electroencephalographic responses of calves to noxious stimulus with scoop dehorning     

Gibson TJ  Johnson CB  Stafford KJ  Mitchinson SL  Mellor DJ 《New Zealand veterinary journal》2007,55(4):152-157

AIM: To validate use of the electroencephalogram (EEG) and a minimal anaesthesia model for assessment of noxious sensory input caused by scoop dehorning of calves. METHODS: Twenty Friesian heifers weighing 125-178 kg were maintained under light general anaesthesia using halothane and an established protocol (minimal anaesthesia model). They were then dehorned using a scoop dehorner either with (DH+LA) or without (DH) a lignocaine ring block, and changes in the EEG and electrocardiogram (ECG) recorded. Median frequency (F50), 95% spectral edge frequency (F95) and total power (Ptot) were derived from the EEG data. RESULTS: There were significant increases in the F50 (p<0.01) and F95 (p<0.01), and a decrease in Ptot (p<0.01) following dehorning in the DH group, but there were no changes in the DH+LA group. Transient bradycardia in the first 75 sec following dehorning was recorded in the DH group compared with both pre-treatment values in the same group and with the DH+LA group (p<0.001). Tachycardia was evident by 15 min after dehorning in the DH but not the DH+LA group. CONCLUSIONS: The results validate use of the EEG and a minimal anaesthesia model for assessment of noxious sensory inputs in cattle.  相似文献   

Accelerated recurrent selection     

I.J. Mackay  I.J. Mackay  P.D.S. Caligari  J.P. Gibson 《Euphytica》1999,105(1):43-51

In Accelerated Recurrent Selection (ARS) schemes, selection is based on the predicted performance of progeny families, estimated as the average of the parental families. These schemes can halve cycle time compared to simple recurrent selection methods. They also have a lower requirement for evaluation of families in yield trials, although they do require more seed production. ARS therefore provides options in cycle time, effective population size, response to selection and cost which have not been available before. Example schemes are compared by computer simulation with truncation selection and with optimal family selection, where contributions of families to the next generation are optimised to give the maximum response to selection at a specified effective population size. In many circumstances, ARS schemes compare favourably. Difficulties in combining estimates of selection intensity and of effective population size when comparing the merits of different breeding schemes are discussed. It is suggested that unless one is interested in response to selection over periods greater than 50 years, the weight given to effective population size in ranking different schemes should be small.  相似文献   

Occurrence of two serotypes of sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus in East Africa and their associated differences in coat protein and HSP70 homologue gene sequences     

Alicai  Fenby  Gibson  Adipala  Vetten  Foster  & Seal 《Plant pathology》1999,48(6):718-726

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