Purchase, consumption, and ownership of chickens and chicken products among households in Maputo, Mozambique: A cross-sectional study

IF 4.1 2区医学 Q1 INFECTIOUS DISEASES

One Health Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI:10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100943

Kayoko Shioda , Frederica Smith , Hermógenes Neves Mucache , Anushka Reddy Marri , Jhanel Chew , Karen Levy , Matthew C. Freeman

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Abstract

Background

Chickens are an important source of animal protein, nutrition, and income in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). They are also a major reservoir of enteropathogens that contribute to the burden of illnesses among children. Food systems present a risk for transmission of enteropathogens from poultry to humans, but there is a lack of population-level data on the pattern of purchase, ownership, and consumption of live chickens and their products in LMICs to better characterize that risk.

Methods

To assess chicken purchase, ownership, and consumption practices, we conducted a population-based survey using a structured questionnaire in Maputo, Mozambique in 2021. Multi-stage cluster sampling was used to obtain a representative sample of households in our study area. To minimize sampling bias and ensure a representative sample, we applied survey weighting using district-level population data and estimated weighted population-level values.

Results

Heads of 570 households in Maputo completed our survey. Approximately half of these households purchased broiler chicken meat (weighted percentage of households: 44.8 %) and eggs (46.5 %) in the previous week of the survey date, while indigenous chicken meat was less popular (1950, 1.1 %). The most common source of chicken products was corner stores (i.e., small convenience shops on streets), followed by wet markets. Live chickens were raised by 15.6 % of households, and chicken feces were observed on the floor or ground at the majority of these households during house visits.

Discussion

Our findings suggest that poultry provides a major source of animal protein in this setting. Given the predicted growth of poultry farming in LMICs in the coming decades, implementing One Health-based food safety measures at primary sources of chicken products, such as corner stores and wet markets, will be critical to controlling zoonotic pathogen transmission risks.

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莫桑比克马普托家庭购买、消费和拥有鸡及鸡产品的情况：横断面研究

背景鸡是许多中低收入国家（LMICs）重要的动物蛋白、营养和收入来源。它们也是肠道病原体的主要贮藏地，造成了儿童的疾病负担。食品系统存在将肠道病原体从家禽传染给人类的风险，但目前缺乏有关低收入和中等收入国家购买、拥有和消费活鸡及其产品的模式的人口数据，因此无法更好地描述这种风险。我们采用多阶段聚类抽样法获得了研究地区具有代表性的家庭样本。为尽量减少抽样偏差并确保样本的代表性，我们使用地区级人口数据进行调查加权，并估算出加权后的人口级数值。这些家庭中约有一半在调查日的前一周购买了肉鸡肉（加权家庭百分比：44.8%）和鸡蛋（46.5%），而土鸡肉则不太受欢迎（1950 年，1.1%）。鸡肉产品最常见的来源是街角小店（即街道上的小型便利店），其次是露天市场。15.6% 的家庭饲养活鸡，在入户访问期间，在大多数家庭的地板或地面上都能看到鸡粪便。鉴于预计未来几十年低收入和中等收入国家的家禽养殖业将会增长，在鸡肉产品的主要来源（如街边小店和湿货市场）实施基于 "同一健康 "的食品安全措施对于控制人畜共患病病原体的传播风险至关重要。

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One Health Medicine-Infectious Diseases

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8.10

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18 weeks

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