Adoption of Biosecurity Practices in Smallholder Dairy Farms in Ethiopia

Table 4

Weighted biosecurity scores for adopted internal and external biosecurity measures.

Biosecurity measures	Weight (%)	Weighted percentage
Livestock purchase and reproduction	39	18.6
Transport and carcase removal	17	6.4
Feed and water	10	6.0
Visitors and farmworkers	20	7.3
Vermin and pest control	14	10.8
Weighted external biosecurity score		49.1
Herd health management	29	12.8
Calving management	20	9.8
Calve management	21	13.4
Dairy management	13	6.1
Adult cattle management	7	4.9
Working organisation and equipment	10	8.5
Weighted internal biosecurity score		55.5