IDENTIFIKASI FAKTOR RESIKO YANG BERPERAN SEBAGAI SUMBER PENULARAN PENYAKIT AFRICAN SWINE FEVER DI KOTA DAN KABUPATEN KUPANG

Andrijanto Hauferson Angi (Jurusan Peternakan, Politeknik Pertanian Negeri Kupang)
Defrys R. Tulle (Jurusan Peternakan, Politeknik Pertanian Negeri Kupang)

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Vol 27, No 2 (2022): Edisi November 2022

African swine fever (ASF) is a hemorrhagic infectious disease in pigs caused by a DNA virus from the Asfarviridae family of the genus Asfivirus. An effective vaccine against ASF has not yet been found. This study aims to identify factors that play a role as a source of transmission of ASF disease in pig farms in Kupang City and Regency. Analyze the data in a description with interviews with 60 pig breeders. Factors that are the source of transmission of the ASF virus include the origin of pig livestock from traditional farms (7,7%) and animal markets (6,7%), feed sources are garbage feed (61,7%), non-routine health checks (90%), dead pigs their carcasses are thrown into landfills (20%), waste is disposed of in sewers (33,3%). Another factor that plays a role is that breeders do not know Ornithodoros sp. as a carrier vector of the ASF virus as well as if the pig is sick the farmer immediately sells his pig (60 %). Key Word: ASF, Transmission, Kupang City and Regancy