Analysis of risk factors in the management of foot-and-mouth disease in Turkey

Authors : Berrin ŞENTÜRK, Cengiz YALÇIN, Aytaç AKÇAY

Pages : 1-6

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study was to perform a risk analysis of the management of foot-and-mouth disease insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FMD); epidemics in Turkey. The relationship between disease outbreaks and risk was analyzed by evaluating 11 disease risk factors related to the input, processing, production, movement, and marketing infrastructure aspects of the animal production chain. A progressive insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(hierarchical); clustering analysis method was employed to group the quantitative data obtained for each of the risk variables. The total risk scores were grouped in a dendrogram. There was a strong positive relationship insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(72%); between risk variables and total outbreak numbers insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P < 0.01);. Results showed the districts in which the FMD risk is high and indicate where the appropriate measures should be taken to eradicate or at least minimize outbreaks.
Keywords : Disease management, clustering, risk analysis, foot and mouth disease