Table 3.
Biosecurity practices for backyard chicken flocks in Finland
| Characteristics | No. of flocks | % |
|---|---|---|
| Change shoes before/after flock contact (n = 178)A | ||
| Yes | 23 | 12.9 |
| No | 155 | 87.1 |
| Possibility to wash hands in animal premises (n = 177) | ||
| Yes | 62 | 35.0 |
| No | 115 | 65.0 |
| Wild birds have a contact with flock (n = 178) | ||
| Yes | 64 | 36.0 |
| No | 114 | 64.0 |
| Visitors in the animal premises (n = 178) | ||
| Often | 25 | 14.0 |
| Seldom | 125 | 70.2 |
| Never | 28 | 15.7 |
| Birds inside during 1.3. - 31.5. (n = 176) | ||
| Yes | 135 | 76.7 |
| No | 41 | 23.3 |
| Connection to a commercial poultry farm (n = 178) | ||
| Yes | 10 | 5.6 |
| No | 168 | 94.4 |
| Distance to the nearest intense poultry farm (n = 178) | ||
| <1 km | 1 | 0.6 |
| 1-3 km | 10 | 5.6 |
| 4-5 km | 6 | 3.4 |
| 6-10 km | 16 | 9.0 |
| >10 km | 73 | 41.0 |
| Don’t know | 72 | 40.4 |
| Other farm animals in the farm (n = 178) | ||
| Yes | 98 | 55.1 |
| No | 80 | 44.9 |
| Pets in the farm (n = 178) | ||
| Yes | 161 | 90.4 |
| No | 17 | 9.6 |
AThe total number of participants that answered this question.