Table 12.

Professional training and biosecurity practices employed: responses from all breeders and divided according to breeder category.

	All Breeders		Farmers		Fancy Breeders		χ2 1
Variable	n	%	n	%	n	%
Employee training	(n = 98)		(n = 71)		(n = 27)
Yes	60 A	61.22	54 A	76.06	6 B	22.22	**
No	38 B	38.78	17 B	23.94	21 A	77.78	**
Depopulation between cycles	(n = 67)		(n = 56)		(n = 11)
Yes	28	41.79	28	50.00	0 B	0.00	**
No	39	58.21	28	50.00	11 A	100.00	**
Vehicle disinfection	(n = 108)		(n = 74)		(n = 34)
Yes	8 B	7.41	8 B	10.81	0 B	0.00	*
No	100 A	92.59	66 A	89.19	34 A	100.00	*

¹ Chi square test for a single variable between the two breeder categories, i.e., within row comparisons; significance levels: ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05. ^A,B Observations with different superscripts within the column are significantly different (χ²-test p < 0.01).