TABLE 2:
Number of participant responses (%) to statements regarding the consequences of an outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) or African horse sickness (AHS) in the UK
| Statement | WNV | AHS | ||||
| True | False | I do not know | True | False | I do not know | |
| Disease could spread rapidly throughout the UK (respondents: WNV 326; AHS 326) | 157 (48.1%) | 16 (4.9%) | 153 (46.9%) | 183 (56.1%) | 15 (4.6%) | 128 (39.3%) |
| Many horses could become ill (327; 326) | 181 (55.4%) | 14 (4.3%) | 132 (40.4%) | 221 (67.8%) | 6 (1.8%) | 99 (30.4%) |
| Horses could die from the disease (328; 328) | 173 (52.7%) | 7 (2.1%) | 148 (45.1%) | 218 (66.5%) | 0 (0%) | 110 (33.5%) |
| Lots of horses * (more than 1000) could die from the disease (327; 324) | 101 (30.9%) | 24 (7.3%) | 202 (61.8%) | 139 (42.9%) | 10 (3.1%) | 175 (54.0%) |
| The government would ban movement of horses in affected areas (327; 329) | 120 (36.7%) | 22 (6.7%) | 185 (56.6%) | 157 (47.7%) | 25 (7.6%) | 147 (44.7%) |
| A vaccination campaign would be necessary to prevent further spread (327; 329) | 99 (30.3%) | 19 (5.8%) | 209 (63.9%) | 131 (39.8%) | 24 (7.3%) | 174 (52.9%) |
| Vaccination could be done immediately to protect horses (325; 328) | 56 (17.2%) | 37 (11.4%) | 232 (71.4%) | 52 (15.9%) | 53 (16.2%) | 223 (68.0%) |
*Participants were provided with the information that there are approximately 900,000 horses in the UK.