Factors affecting applying level of biosecurity activities in broiler farms in Matrouh Governorate, Egypt

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The present research work aimed to determine the factors affecting applying level of biosecurity activities in broiler farms in Matrouh Governorate.

This research depended on two sources of data secondary and primary data, the research employed surveyed data of 65 broiler farms.

The research was based on the descriptive and quantitative analyses by using some economic indicators, general trend equations and analyzing the simple regression.

This research identified the level of biosecurity activities already applied by respondents, and the respondents and farm characteristics that influence this level of applicable biosecurity activities.

This research developed the measurement of applying a level of biosecurity activities and then used these measures as dependent variables in identifying the factors that affect the level of applying biosecurity activities.

The dependent variable was an aggregated biosecurity score, which ranked and aggregated respondents applying biosecurity activities of 36 biosecurity subindicators.

The analysis indicated that older, more educated respondents with larger families and respondents with non-poultry sources of income were more likely to apply a better level of biosecurity activities.

The farm characteristics that may influence applying level of biosecurity activities were farm area, distance to neighbours’ poultry farm, distance to road and the number, average capacity of farms was also important