Does a Traceability System Help to Regulate Pig Farm Households’ Veterinary Drug Use Behavior? Evidence from Pig Farms in China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methodology
2.1. Theoretical Analysis
2.2. Empircal Model
3. Survey and Data
4. Model Estimation Results and Analysis
4.1. Descriptive Analysis of the Veterinary Drug Use Behavior and Participation of Traceability System in Pig Farms
4.2. Participants’ Cognition and Behavior on Pork Traceability System
4.3. Quantitative Analysis of Factors That Affect the Safety Behavior of Pork Sellers
4.3.1. The Results of Empirical Verification on Whether the Pork Traceability System Helps to Guarantee Pork Safety
4.3.2. Influence of Other Variables on Veterinary Drug Use Behavior of Pig Farm Households
4.3.3. Analysis of the Influence of Other Variables on Traceability System Participation Cognition of Pig Farm Households
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable Name | Meaning and Valuation | Mean Value | Standard Deviation |
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Traceability system participation and cognition | Do you think your pig farm has participated in the pork traceability system: Yes = 1, No = 0 | 0.59 | 0.49 |
Use of ear-tags | Are all fattening pigs raised wearing ear tags: Yes = 1, No = 0 | 0.73 | 0.44 |
Use of record-keeping | Whether there are pig breeding archives or epidemic prevention archives in the farm: Yes = 1, No = 0 | 0.91 | 0.28 |
Quarantine certificate acquisition | Whether pigs of the farm obtained the animal quarantine certificate at each sale: Yes = 1, No = 0 | 0.82 | 0.39 |
Working experience | Pig farm households’ working experience (Actual value, unit: Year) | 13.52 | 6.12 |
Breeding scale | The number of female pigs that can breed at the end of the year: 50 and above = 1, 50 below =0 | 0.49 | 0.50 |
Breeding mode | Whether the farm adopts all-in and all-out breeding mode: Yes = 1, No = 0 | 0.44 | 0.50 |
Slaughtering number | Average number of slaughtering pigs: 50 and above = 1, 50 below = 0 | 0.47 | 0.50 |
Professional cooperatives | Whether to join farm households’ professional cooperatives: Yes = 1, No = 0 | 0.35 | 0.48 |
Pig sales mode | What mode are usually used when selling pigs. Free market trading = 1, agreement or integration = 0 | 0.56 | 0.50 |
Pig sales relationship | Whether there is a fixed and long-term cooperation relationship with pig purchasers in pig acquisition: Yes = 1, No = 0 | 0.41 | 0.49 |
Feed procurement mode | What mode is usually used when purchasing feed. Free market trading = 1, agreement or integration = 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
Feed procurement relationship | Whether there is a fixed and long-term cooperative relationship with feed sellers in feed procurement: Yes = 1, No = 0 | 0.66 | 0.48 |
Veterinary drug procurement mode | What mode is usually used to buy veterinary drugs. Free market trading = 1, agreement or integration = 0 | 0.67 | 0.47 |
Veterinary drug procurement relationship | Whether there is a fixed and long-term cooperation relationship with veterinary drug sellers in the purchase of veterinary drugs: Yes = 1, No = 0 | 0.53 | 0.50 |
Understanding level of regulations | How much do you know about feed additives and veterinary drug use regulations: very well, relatively understand = 1, generally understand, poor, very poor = 0 | 0.67 | 0.47 |
Detection level cognition | Do you believe that banned feed additives and veterinary drugs can be detected from pigs: very believe, relatively believe = 1, generally believe, not very believe, distrust = 0 | 0.89 | 0.31 |
Purchaser supervision | How strong is the strength of pig purchasers’ detection and punishment on pork safety, relatively strong = 1, average, weak, very weak = 0 | 0.65 | 0.48 |
Government supervision | How strong is the strength of the government detection and punishment on pork safety: very strong, relatively strong = 1, generally, relatively weak, very weak = 0 | 0.85 | 0.36 |
Gender | Gender: male = 1, female = 0 | 0.81 | 0.39 |
Years | Age (Actual value, unit: Age) | 49.49 | 8.33 |
Education background | Education background (High school/technical secondary school and above = 1, high school/technical secondary school and below = 0) | 0.56 | 0.50 |
Provinces and Cities | Urban Area | Sample Number | Proportion | Provinces and Cities | Urban Area | Sample Number | Proportion | Provinces and Cities | Urban Area | Sample Number | Proportion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henan | Zhumadian | 25 | 6.31% | Hunan | Hengyang | 26 | 6.57% | Beijing | Pinggu | 54 | 13.64% |
Zhengzhou | 12 | 3.03% | Chenzhou | 23 | 5.81% | Shunyi | 46 | 11.62% | |||
Anyang | 11 | 2.78% | Yongzhou | 16 | 4.04% | Fangshan | 40 | 10.10% | |||
Luohe | 8 | 2.02% | Shaoyang | 11 | 2.78% | Daxing | 26 | 6.57% | |||
Nanyang | 8 | 2.02% | Changsha | 11 | 2.78% | Changping | 15 | 3.79% | |||
Puyang | 8 | 2.02% | Loudi | 9 | 2.27% | Tongzhou | 2 | 0.51% | |||
Luoyang | 7 | 1.77% | Zhuzhou | 7 | 1.77% | ||||||
Pingdingshan | 6 | 1.52% | Yueyang | 6 | 1.52% | ||||||
Xinyang | 6 | 1.52% | Changde | 4 | 1.01% | ||||||
Jiaozuo | 6 | 1.52% | Huaihua | 1 | 0.25% | ||||||
Kaifeng | 1 | 0.25% | Xiangtan | 1 | 0.25% |
Item | Option (s) | Sample Number | Proportion |
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Gender | Male | 322 | 81.31% |
Female | 74 | 18.69% | |
Years | 18–39 years old | 40 | 10.10% |
40–59 years old | 308 | 77.78% | |
60 years old and above | 48 | 12.12% | |
Education background | Elementary school and below | 21 | 5.30% |
Junior high school | 155 | 39.14% | |
High school/technical secondary school | 173 | 43.69% | |
Undergraduate/junior college | 47 | 11.87% | |
Post graduate | 0 | 0.00% | |
Working hours | Lower than 5 years | 20 | 5.05% |
5–9 years | 74 | 18.69% | |
10–19 years | 235 | 59.34% | |
20–29 years | 60 | 15.15% | |
30 years and above | 7 | 1.77% | |
Breeding scale | Lower than 10 | 51 | 12.88% |
10–49 | 144 | 36.36% | |
50–99 | 80 | 20.20% | |
100 and above | 121 | 30.56% | |
Breeding mode | All-in and all-out | 173 | 43.69% |
Non-all-in and non-all-out | 223 | 56.31% | |
Number of pigs sold | Lower than 50 | 186 | 46.97% |
50 and above | 210 | 53.03% |
Variable Name | Safety Behavior | Traceability System Participation and Cognition | ||
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Coefficient | Z Value | Coefficient | Z Value | |
Traceability system participation and cognition | −1.528 *** | −12.84 | - | - |
Use of ear-tags | - | - | 0.324 *** | 2.61 |
Use of record-keeping | - | - | 0.338 | 1.40 |
Quarantine certificate acquisition | - | - | 0.191 | 1.31 |
Working experience | 0.008 | 0.73 | 0.013 | 1.12 |
Breeding scale | −0.087 | −0.57 | 0.419 *** | 2.57 |
Breeding mode | −0.212 * | −1.66 | −0.034 | −0.25 |
Number of pigs sold | −0.050 | −0.34 | −0.054 | −0.34 |
Professional cooperatives | −0.029 | −0.22 | −0.252 * | −1.74 |
Pig sales mode | 0.334 ** | 2.28 | 0.046 | 0.29 |
Pig sales relationship | −0.020 | −0.14 | 0.135 | 0.85 |
Feed procurement mode | −0.072 | −0.47 | −0.110 | −0.67 |
Feed procurement relationship | 0.079 | 0.52 | −0.079 | −0.48 |
Veterinary medicine procurement mode | −0.275 * | −1.68 | −0.167 | −0.94 |
Feed procurement relationship | 0.148 | 1.02 | −0.025 | −0.15 |
Required level of understanding | 0.040 | 0.29 | 0.137 | 0.91 |
Level of cognition | 0.249 | 1.22 | 0.249 | 1.12 |
Acquirer supervision | 0.043 | 0.32 | 0.105 | 0.71 |
Government supervision | 0.218 | 1.10 | 0.600 ** | 2.56 |
Gender | 0.198 | 1.22 | 0.361 ** | 1.97 |
Age | 0.002 | 0.25 | −0.017 * | −1.95 |
Education background | 0.181 | 1.39 | 0.201 | 1.41 |
Constant term | −0.449 | −0.90 | −0.675 | −1.15 |
Wald chi2 | 302.37 | |||
Prob > chi2 | 0.0000 |
Variable Name | The Values of Y and T | |||
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Y = 1, T = 1 | Y = 1, T = 0 | Y = 0, T = 1 | Y = 0, T = 0 | |
Traceability system Participation and cognition | −0.273 *** | −0.172 *** | 0.273 *** | 0.172 *** |
Use of ear-tag | 0.035 *** | −0.035 *** | 0.072 *** | −0.072 *** |
Use of record-keeping | 0.037 | −0.037 | 0.075 | −0.075 |
Quarantine certificate acquisition | 0.021 | −0.021 | 0.042 | −0.042 |
Working experience | 0.003 | −0.001 | 0.001 | −0.004 |
Breeding scale | −0.030 | 0.055 *** | −0.108 | 0.083 * |
Breeding mode | −0.042 | −0.020 | 0.030 | 0.031 |
Number of pigs sold | 0.015 | −0.0002 | 0.003 | −0.018 |
Professional cooperatives | −0.033 | 0.024 * | −0.050 ** | 0.059 |
Pig sales mode | 0.065 * | 0.033 ** | −0.050 * | −0.048 |
Pig sales relationship | 0.011 | −0.017 | 0.033 | −0.028 |
Feed procurement mode | −0.025 | 0.004 | −0.011 | 0.032 |
Feed procurement relationship | 0.006 | 0.018 | −0.032 | 0.009 |
Veterinary medicine procurement mode | −0.067 | −0.013 | 0.012 | 0.068 |
Feed procurement relationship | 0.024 | 0.019 | −0.032 | −0.011 |
Required level of understanding | 0.022 | −0.010 | 0.023 | −0.035 |
Level of cognition | 0.072 | 0.001 | 0.010 | −0.083 |
Acquirer supervision | 0.019 | −0.007 | 0.015 | −0.028 |
Government supervision | 0.104 * | −0.041 | 0.094 ** | −0.157 ** |
Gender | 0.075 * | −0.017 | 0.044 | −0.102 * |
Age | −0.002 | 0.002 * | −0.004 * | 0.004 |
Education background | 0.054 | −0.002 | 0.012 | −0.064 |
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Liu, Z.; Geng, N.; Yu, Z. Does a Traceability System Help to Regulate Pig Farm Households’ Veterinary Drug Use Behavior? Evidence from Pig Farms in China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 11879. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911879
Liu Z, Geng N, Yu Z. Does a Traceability System Help to Regulate Pig Farm Households’ Veterinary Drug Use Behavior? Evidence from Pig Farms in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):11879. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911879
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Zengjin, Ning Geng, and Zhuo Yu. 2022. "Does a Traceability System Help to Regulate Pig Farm Households’ Veterinary Drug Use Behavior? Evidence from Pig Farms in China" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 11879. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911879