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Data recording and use of data tools for pig health management: perspectives of stakeholders in pig farming

Publicated to:Frontiers In Veterinary Science. 11 1490770- - 2025-01-16 11(), DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1490770

Authors: Zhou, Xiao; Knorr, Andrea; Morante, Beatriz Garcia; Correia-Gomes, Carla; Perez, Lucia Dieste; Segales, Joaquim; Sibila, Marina; Vilalta, Carles; Burrell, Alison; Tobias, Tijs; Siegrist, Michael; Bearth, Angela

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Introduction Data-driven strategies might combat the spreading of infectious pig disease and improve the early detection of potential pig health problems. The current study aimed to explore individual views on data recording and use of data tools for pig health management by recruiting stakeholders (N = 202) in Spain, Ireland, and the Netherlands.Methods Questionnaire focused on current on-farm challenges, current status of data recording on farms, and evaluation of the two mock data tools. Particularly, "benchmarking tool" was designed to visualize individual farm's pig mortality, targeting the management of infectious respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases; and "early-warning tool" was designed to generate an alarm through monitoring coughs in pigs, targeting the management of infectious respiratory diseases.Results Results showed that respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases and aggressive behaviors were the most frequently mentioned health challenge and welfare challenge, respectively. Most of the data was more frequently recorded electronically than on paper. In general, the "benchmarking tool" was perceived as useful for the management of infectious respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases, and the "early-warning tool" was evaluated as useful for the management of infectious respiratory diseases. Several barriers to the perceived usefulness of these two tools were identified, such as the lack of contextual information, inconvenience of data input, limited internet access, reliance on one's own experience and observation, technical hurdles, and mistrust of information output. The perceived usefulness of both tools was higher among highly educated participants, and those who reported being integrators and positive toward technology for disease control. Female participants and those who came from integrated farms evaluated the "early-warning tool" as more useful compared to their counterparts. The perceived usefulness of the "early-warning tool" was negatively affected by age and work experience, but positively affected by extensiveness of data recording, positive attitude toward technology, and the current use of technology.Discussion In summary, participants showed optimistic views on the use of data tools to support their decision-making and management of infectious pig respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases. It is noteworthy that data tools should not only convey the value of data for informed decision-making but also consider stakeholders' preconditions and needs for data tools.

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AdoptioData toolsFarmersPig farmingPig healthSensorinSmart farming

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Frontiers In Veterinary Science due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 22/167, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Veterinary Sciences.

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-03:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 3.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 1 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.35.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 7 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/3721

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Netherlands; Switzerland; United Kingdom.