African Swine Fever (ASF): Threat of Excintion to Nias Local Pig Farm

Abstract

African Swine Fever (ASF) is a disease that infects pigs. Common symptoms caused by ASF attacks on pigs are bleeding in the feces and ears as well as sudden weakness of livestock, unable to stand, and death of livestock. ASF virus is not zoonotic so it does not affect human health. This virus has entered Indonesian territory, including the Nias Island, where most of the people cultivate local pigs. The ASF outbreak on local pigs in Nias resulted in the death of many pigs. This paper discusses the spread and death of local pigs due to ASF attacks in Nias. Data compiled from the field and the Animal Husbandry Office in 2020 in the Nias islands, it is known that the pigs that died due to the ASF outbreak reached 120,592 a pigs. Meanwhile, the fact found are that the handling of infected pigs cannot be done optimally, because until now, effective treatment and vaccination for the treatment and prevention of ASF infection has not been found. Therefore, in order to prevent the spread of the plague from becoming more widespread, the current methods that can be applied are the application of biosecurity in the cattle sheds, isolation of infected livestock and the role of the government in regulating the entry and exit route for pigs in the Nias region.

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“…This is due to the socio-cultural conditions of the people of Nias Island who always use pigs, especially local pigs, in every traditional or religious celebration as well as a fairly good pig market [22]. Socioculturally, the development of local pigs in the Nias archipelago is very potential and strategic [8].…”

“…In addition to the above factors, the local pig population is also under threat from the many pig disease outbreaks that have spread in recent years, which have resulted in hundreds of thousands of local pigs dying. Outbreaks that resulted in the death of pigs in large numbers, including the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak which resulted in the death of pigs on the mainland of Sumatra and the Nias Islands [8]. Hog cholera, Classical Swinfe Fever (CSF), before ASF has eroded the local pig population across Indonesia [45].…”

“…specifically disease outbreaks, including African swine fever or better known as African Swine Fever (ASF), Hog Cholera, and Classical Swine Fever (CSF). ASF outbreak in the Nias island, resulted in the mass death of up to 120.592 livestock in 2020 [8]. Local pig deaths also occurred in many areas in Indonesia.…”

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“…Oleh karena itu untuk mengatasi masalah lalat di peternakan perlu dilakukan pengenalan lalat, agar pengendalian lalat pada peternakan tepat sasaran (Meerburg et al, 2007). Tahun 2021 terjadi wabah penyakit menular African Swine Fever yang disebakan oleh virus mematikan banyak ternak babi negara di Eropah khususnya di Lithuania yang disebarkan oleh lalat (Turcinati et al, 2021) dan di Indonesia menyerang ternak babi di pulau Sumatera khususnya daerah Nias (Lase et al, 2021).…”