Analysis of factors associated with hesitation to restart farming afterdepopulation of animals due to 2010 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic inJapan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Michiko WATARI³  Atsuro TSUTSUMI¹  Hazumu KADOWAKI²  Taishi KAYANO²  Takaharu TOBINAGA²  Kohei MAKITA² 

[1] United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia;Veterinary Epidemiology Unit, Division of Health and Environment Sciences, Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582 Bunkyodai Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069�?8501, Japan;National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4�?1�?1 Ogawa-Higashi-Cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187�?8551, Japan

关键词: culling;    foot-and-mouth disease;    mental health;    restart farming;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.15-0559

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(21)Supplementary materials(1)An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) occurred in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, in2010. This epidemic was controlled with culling and vaccination, and resulted in the deathof nearly 290,000 animals. This paper describes the factors associated with hesitation torestart farming after the epidemic. A questionnaire survey was conducted to assess themental health of farmers one year after the end of the FMD epidemic in affected areas, andunivariate and multivariable analyses were performed. Of 773 farms which had answered thequestion about restart farming, 55.4% (428/773) had resumed or were planning to resumeoperation. The farms hesitated restarting were characterized by small scale(P=0.06) and having multiple sources of income(P<0.01). Personal attributes associated with hesitation to restartwere advanced age of the owner (P<0.01), with someone with badphysical conditions (P=0.04) and small family size(P<0.01). Factors related to disease control during the epidemic thatwere associated with hesitation to restart were vaccination of animals(P<0.01), not assisting with culling on other farms(P<0.01), and higher satisfaction with information provided by thegovernment (P=0.02). We found that farmers hesitated to resume farmingbecause they had a limited labor force, had an alternative business or were mentallydistressed during disease control.

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