Table 5.

Practices including administering antibiotics to pigs, disposing of dead pigs and frequency of farm disinfection (n = 101).

Information	%
When do you use antibiotics (multi-choice questions)
Pigs are sick (with abnormal signs/symptoms)	99.0
Pigs refuse to eat	21.8
Other (at least one individual pig is ill)	2.0
Action when your pigs are sick (multi-choice questions)
Call veterinarian for advice and treatment	80.8
Consult drug retailers and buying drugs to self-treat	40.8
Self-diagnosis and medication when pigs suffer with less severity diseases	33.3
Action when your pigs are dead (multi-choice questions)
Sell for relatively low price	34.2
Throw into landfill, lake, or pond (or feeding fish)	52.5
Bury or put in the biogas system	40.8
No answer	3.3
Frequency of farm disinfection
At least once a week	14.2
At least once a month	21.7
Only after selling of pigs	32.1
Whenever outbreaks occur	2.8
Sometimes when feel needed	29.2