Biosecurity and management practices in different dog breeding systems have considerable margin for improvements

Autor: Etienne Thiry, Steven Sarrazin, Jeroen Dewulf, Tiny De Keuster, Christel Moons, Claire Diederich, Pierre Alexandre Dendoncker
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: The Veterinary record. 183(12)
ISSN: 2042-7670
Popis: To investigate the current management and biosecurity practices and identify possible differences between different types of breeders, a cross-sectional study was carried out in 102 Belgian dog breeding facilities ranging from small (less than 10 dams on site) to large-scale (more than 50 dams on site or at least 500 puppies sold yearly) breeders. Veterinary prophylactic protocols (ie, vaccination, endoparasite control, ectoparasitic treatments) were highly implemented (91.5 per cent, 92.6 per cent, 42.7 per cent, respectively) across all breeder categories. 13.8 per cent of all visited breeders reported to administer antimicrobials to each female post partum and 10.3 per cent reported to treat all puppies, or at least of one breed, systematically with antimicrobials. Large-scale breeders reported to employ staff more frequently (p
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