The level of commitment among farmers and veterinarians may have a significant influence on the effectiveness of control efforts against tuberculosis in cattle (bTB), facilitating or hindering the achievement of its eradication. In this study, we investigated the opinions and attitudes of farmers and veterinarians towards the bTB eradication programme in Spain. Our aim was to assess the existence of groups of people that share the same arguments and outline their characteristic features. Data was collected through a structured questionnaire using a telephone survey in a random sample of 706 farmers and 180 veterinarians. The relationships between the variables and individuals were explored by using Multiple Correspondence Analysis. Afterwards, we applied Hierarchical Clustering on Principal Components in order to identify and characterise the opinion profiles. We identified three different groups of opinions characterised by the attitude towards bTB diagnostic tests, the perception on the importance and the zoonotic impact of bTB, and the perceived importance of other domestic reservoirs. There were people with positive and people with negative attitudes towards the programme, and a third group with a tendency to not respond. The presence of opposite profiles was observed among farmers. Veterinarians, on the other hand, were more homogeneous, especially the group of veterinarians working in the official veterinary services, as the vast majority of them expressed a positive attitude towards the programme. Nevertheless, there were also a few veterinarians who showed the same negative attitude as farmers. Education and communication are of paramount importance to ensure the adequate commitment of all people involved in the eradication programme, and our results highlight that, in Spain, both should be improved. However, this alone may not be enough to change people's behaviours, and more complex change interventions might be necessary for people with a negative attitude. Such strategies should target the perception on the role of wildlife reservoirs, the uncertainty of ante-mortem tests results, as well as the beliefs on the importance of bTB.

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农民和兽医对西班牙牛的结核病根除计划的意见简介。

农民和兽医的承诺水平可能对控制牛结核病的努力效果产生重大影响，促进或阻碍其根除。在这项研究中，我们调查了农民和兽医对西班牙消灭bTB计划的意见和态度。我们的目的是评估存在相同论点并概述其特征的人群的存在。通过电话调查，通过结构化问卷收集了706名农民和180名兽医的随机数据。变量和个体之间的关系通过使用多元对应分析进行了探索。之后，我们在主成分上应用了层次聚类，以便识别和描述意见档案。我们确定了三组不同的意见，其特征在于对bTB诊断测试的态度，对bTB重要性和人畜共患影响的认识以及对其他家庭水库的认识。有些人对该方案持积极和消极态度，第三类人倾向于不响应。农民之间观察到相反的情况。另一方面，兽医更加同质化，特别是在官方兽医服务部门工作的兽医群体，因为他们中的绝大多数人对该计划持积极态度。不过，也有一些兽医表现出与农民相同的消极态度。教育和交流对于确保参与消灭方案的所有人的充分承诺至关重要，我们的结果表明，在西班牙，两者都应得到改善。但是，仅凭这一点还不足以改变人们的行为，对持消极态度的人们可能需要更复杂的变革干预措施。此类策略应针对野生生物保护区的作用，验尸测试结果的不确定性以及对bTB重要性的看法。两者都应该改进。但是，仅凭这一点还不足以改变人们的行为，对持消极态度的人们可能需要更复杂的变革干预措施。此类策略应针对野生生物保护区的作用，验尸测试结果的不确定性以及对bTB重要性的看法。两者都应该改进。但是，仅凭这一点还不足以改变人们的行为，对持消极态度的人们可能需要更复杂的变革干预措施。此类策略应针对野生生物保护区的作用，验尸测试结果的不确定性以及对bTB重要性的看法。