Food Safety, Health Management, and Biosecurity Characteristics of Poultry Farms in Arusha City, Northern Tanzania, Along a Gradient of Intensification

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dc.contributor.authorSindiyo E
dc.contributor.authorMaganga R
dc.contributor.authorThomas KM
dc.contributor.authorBenschop J
dc.contributor.authorSwai E
dc.contributor.authorShirima G
dc.contributor.authorZadoks RN
dc.coverage.spatialBurundi
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-16T01:49:31Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T06:52:00Z
dc.date.available2018-11-23
dc.date.available2024-01-16T01:49:31Z
dc.date.available2024-07-25T06:52:00Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-24
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: With the growth, urbanisation, and changing consumption patterns of Tanzania's human population, new livestock production systems are emerging. Intensification of poultry production may result in opportunities and threats for food safety, such as improved awareness of biosecurity or increasing prevalence of foodborne pathogens including nontyphoidal Salmonella or Campylobacter spp. We conducted a semiquantitative analysis of poultry production systems in northern Tanzania, with emphasis on biosecurity, health management practices, and prevalence of foodborne pathogens, to gain insight into potential associations between intensification and food safety. METHODS: Interviews were conducted with managers of 40 poultry farms, with equal representation of 4 production systems (extensive, semi-intensive, or intensive production with indigenous chickens, and broiler farming). Per farm, up to 10 birds (total, 386) were tested for cloacal shedding of nontyphoidal Salmonella, with a subset of farms tested for Campylobacter. Data were analysed using univariate statistics, and results were discussed during feedback workshops with participating farmers and extension officers. RESULTS: Clear differences existed between farm types with regard to implementation of biosecurity and health management practices and use of extension services. By contrast, prevalence of foodborne pathogens (6 of 40 farms or 15% for nontyphoidal Salmonella and 13 of 26 farms or 50% for Campylobacter spp.) was not farm-type specific, indicating that it is driven by other factors. Across farming systems, knowledge and awareness of the presence of antimicrobials in poultry feed and the need to abide by post-treatment withdrawal times were limited, as was access to impartial professional advice regarding treatment. CONCLUSION: Different control measures may be needed to protect poultry health compared to public health, and improvements in information provision may be needed for both.
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dc.format.pagination168-180
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34308188
dc.identifier.citationSindiyo E, Maganga R, Thomas KM, Benschop J, Swai E, Shirima G, Zadoks RN. (2018). Food Safety, Health Management, and Biosecurity Characteristics of Poultry Farms in Arusha City, Northern Tanzania, Along a Gradient of Intensification.. East Afr Health Res J. 2. 2. (pp. 168-180).
dc.identifier.doi10.24248/EAHRJ-D-18-00034
dc.identifier.eissn2520-5285
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn2520-5277
dc.identifier.piiEAHRJ-D-18-00034
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/71061
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherEast African Health Research Commission of the East African Community
dc.publisher.urihttps://eahrj.eahealth.org/index.php/eah/article/view/EAHRJ-D-18-00034
dc.relation.isPartOfEast Afr Health Res J
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dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleFood Safety, Health Management, and Biosecurity Characteristics of Poultry Farms in Arusha City, Northern Tanzania, Along a Gradient of Intensification
dc.typeJournal article
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