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− | Once there is one case of chicken being infected by avian influenza, government | + | Once there is one case of chicken being infected by avian influenza, government becomes quite reactive. More seriously, all the chicken, either imported or local fed, are gathered and slaughter, render them the financial loss. Therefore, we thought that if chicken farmers can take initiative to detect their own chickens regularly, it may prevent a large scale outbreak and in turn reduce their loss. Having such concerns, we have contacted an association and a chicken farmer respectively and both of them are local. |
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− | <b>1. The new territories chicken breeders association (10 | + | <b>1. The new territories chicken breeders association (10 July 2017)</b> |
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− | We interviewed a representative from the association. Before the interview, we guessed they may be interested a little bit as they suffer the loss of money during central slaughtering. However, out of our expectation, they were almost acceptable to the arrangements from government | + | We interviewed a representative from the association. Before the interview, we guessed they may be interested a little bit as they suffer the loss of money during central slaughtering. However, out of our expectation, they were almost acceptable to the arrangements from the government because they thought that avian influenza detection should be conducted by neutral position, ie government, which is none of chicken farmer/associations’ business. |
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− | <b>2. Fork Eat, a local chicken farm (29 | + | <b>2. Fork Eat, a local chicken farm (29 July 2017)</b> |
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− | We also interviewed two local chicken farmers Mr. Joe Lit and Mr. Charles Lam. They are the founder of the local chicken farm and restaurant “Fork Eat”. Similar to the attitudes of chicken breeders association, they agreed that the role they play in avian flu detection is very passive. The decision, whether slaughter or not, absolutely depends on government. Moreover, they indicated that chicken farms in Hong Kong are undergone regular inspection frequently (approximately 2-3 times per month), which is more than enough in their opinions, so they can’t find any incentive to detect by themselves. | + | We also interviewed two local chicken farmers Mr. Joe Lit and Mr. Charles Lam. They are the founder of the local chicken farm and restaurant “Fork Eat”. Similar to the attitudes of chicken breeders association, they agreed that the role they play in avian flu detection is very passive. The decision, whether slaughter or not, absolutely depends on government. Moreover, they indicated that chicken farms in Hong Kong are undergone regular inspection frequently (approximately 2-3 times per month), which is more than enough in their opinions, so they can’t find any incentive to detect by themselves. |
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− | Previously we have proposed government (eg department of health) and chicken farmers will be the major customers in our second direction, avian influenza subtyping, after collecting the chicken farmers’ opinions, we laid the proposal of targeting chicken farmer aside, but confirmed to mainly focus on the market of hospitals/ government/ clinics. | + | Previously we have proposed government (eg department of health) and chicken farmers will be the major customers in our second direction, avian influenza subtyping, after collecting the chicken farmers’ opinions, we laid the proposal of targeting chicken farmer aside, but confirmed to mainly focus on the market of hospitals/ government/ clinics. |
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− | <p style="font-family: roboto;font-size:115%;">At the beginning, we hoped to have face-to-face interview, along with laboratory visit, unfortunately, due to the government’s policies and instructions, they refused our visit requirement</u></font>, in alternative, we interviewed them, Department of Health, Centre for Health Protection and Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFAD) through | + | <p style="font-family: roboto;font-size:115%;">At the beginning, we hoped to have face-to-face interview, along with laboratory visit, unfortunately, due to the government’s policies and instructions, they refused our visit requirement</u></font>, in alternative, we interviewed them, Department of Health, Centre for Health Protection and Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFAD) through written replies. |
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− | Unlike Centre for Health Protection, Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFAD) is responsible | + | Unlike Centre for Health Protection, Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFAD) is responsible for avian specimen inspection. They described some methods of detection and their procedures, for instance, haemagglutination inhibition test and direct RNA detection by PCR. In Hong Kong, there is only one veterinary laboratory (Tai Lung Veterinary Laboratory) in Hong Kong, while the detections approximately take at least 4 hours, while the size of sanitary testing and inspecting team is not big enough, 46 people in total. It is not difficult to imagine that the workloads of the veterinary laboratory will be very large when handling a lot of avian specimens during flu peak season. |
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− | We | + | As our major target is local users, the questionnaire’s version is different to those international versions, in which place more emphases on understanding about influenza and government’s policies so as to develop customized promotion plans on both health education and product promotion in Hong Kong. We conducted the questionnaires in Science Park as there is higher public engagement than that in university, rendering a fairer result. The sample size is 60. |
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