Table 3.
Median scores of the difficulty of practices rated by egg producers (1) Easily achieved, (2) Achievable (3) Unsure (4) Difficult (5) Very difficult
| Indonesia (n = 103/5) | China | Philippines | Thailand | Japan | Malaysia | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 22/9) | (n = 11/10) | (n = 12/8) | (n = 10/4) | (n = 8/1) | (n = 165/37) | |||||||||
| Cage | Cage-free | Cage | Cage-free | Cage | Cage-free | Cage | Cage-free | Cage | Cage-free | Cage | Cage-free | Cage | Cage-free | |
| Preventing disease | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Litter quality | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Feather pecking & cannibalism | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Maintaining good profits | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Maintaining strict farm biosecurity | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Air quality | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Enrichment (pecking objects) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | 2 |
| Provisions (perches) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.75 | 1.75 |
| Provisions (nest boxes) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 4.5 | 1 | 3.5 | 1 | 3.5 | 1.25 |
| Accurate record keeping | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.75 |
| Access to veterinarians | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Preventing smothering | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Humane euthanasia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Depopulation and/or slaughter | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Achieving good egg production rates | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Training or knowledge sharing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |