Research Article

Determining Factors and Zootechnical Output of Biosecurity Practices in Fish Farms in the Wouri Division, Cameroon

Table 8

Effects of the compliance rate on the zootechnical characteristics of the farms.

Compliance rate (%)Zootechnical characteristics of fish farms
Mortality rate (% of dead fish/production cycle)Productivity (Kg/year/m3)Fish health status
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[0–15]16.83 ± 10.01 (1–30)110.80 ± 80.19 (0.096–200)0%100%0.01
[15–70]18.94 ± 13.32 (2–60)163.10 ± 175.10 (2–571)51.85%48.15%1.00

U79.5075.00No value of Fisher exact’s test
0.9630.7970.1580.318

−: % of farms with no clinical signs of infection of fish; +: % of farms with clinical signs of infection of fish; : significant. Bold values are used to indicate the significant probability of the error i.e., when p is significant.