Risk factors for African swine fever in smallholder pig production systems in Uganda
Smallholder pig production in Uganda is constrained by poor management and high disease burden, with African swine fever (ASF) being one of the most important contributors. However, data to develop appropriate evidence-based disease mitigating interventions along the pig value chain are lacking. Thi...
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Hindawi Limited
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| author | Dione, Michel M. Akol, Joyce Roesel, Kristina Kungu, J. Ouma, Emily A. Wieland, Barbara Pezo, Danilo A. |
| author_browse | Akol, Joyce Dione, Michel M. Kungu, J. Ouma, Emily A. Pezo, Danilo A. Roesel, Kristina Wieland, Barbara |
| author_facet | Dione, Michel M. Akol, Joyce Roesel, Kristina Kungu, J. Ouma, Emily A. Wieland, Barbara Pezo, Danilo A. |
| author_sort | Dione, Michel M. |
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| description | Smallholder pig production in Uganda is constrained by poor management and high disease burden, with African swine fever (ASF) being one of the most important contributors. However, data to develop appropriate evidence-based disease mitigating interventions along the pig value chain are lacking. This study aimed at determining risk factors associated with the occurrence of outbreaks of ASF in selected districts. A cross-sectional survey of 1195 pig-keeping households in three districts was carried out between April and July 2013. Households were classified into one of three value chain domains (VCDs) based on where the production was located and where most of the products were sold: rural-rural (R-R), rural-urban (R-U) and urban-urban (U-U). Findings revealed that crop farming is the most common primary activity in the R-R and R-U VCDs, while pig keeping was the most common primary activity in the U-U VCDs. Pigs are mostly kept tethered or left to roam in the R-R and R-U VCDs, while in the U-U VCDs, they are mostly confined in corrals. Nearly 20% of the farmers whose farms were hit by an ASF outbreak subsequently sold all their pigs (healthy and sick) to the market in panic. Factors that positively correlated with recent ASF outbreaks were prompt disposal of dead pigs on farms (P < 0.001, OR = 2.3), wild animals present in the village (P < 0.001, OR = 1.7) and farmers sourcing drugs from stockists (P < 0.001, OR = 1.6); while protective factors were the presence of perimeter fences (P = 0.03, OR = 0.5), attendance of farmers at secondary-school level and above (P < 0.001, OR = 0.6), routine cleaning of the pig pens (P < 0.001, OR = 0.6) and pigs being the only livestock kept by farmer (P = 0.01, OR = 0.7). Given the current situation, there is a need to raise awareness among farmers and other value chain actors of biosecurity measures and create incentives for farmers to report ASF cases. |
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| spelling | CGSpace694152023-10-02T08:40:55Z Risk factors for African swine fever in smallholder pig production systems in Uganda Dione, Michel M. Akol, Joyce Roesel, Kristina Kungu, J. Ouma, Emily A. Wieland, Barbara Pezo, Danilo A. swine animal diseases Smallholder pig production in Uganda is constrained by poor management and high disease burden, with African swine fever (ASF) being one of the most important contributors. However, data to develop appropriate evidence-based disease mitigating interventions along the pig value chain are lacking. This study aimed at determining risk factors associated with the occurrence of outbreaks of ASF in selected districts. A cross-sectional survey of 1195 pig-keeping households in three districts was carried out between April and July 2013. Households were classified into one of three value chain domains (VCDs) based on where the production was located and where most of the products were sold: rural-rural (R-R), rural-urban (R-U) and urban-urban (U-U). Findings revealed that crop farming is the most common primary activity in the R-R and R-U VCDs, while pig keeping was the most common primary activity in the U-U VCDs. Pigs are mostly kept tethered or left to roam in the R-R and R-U VCDs, while in the U-U VCDs, they are mostly confined in corrals. Nearly 20% of the farmers whose farms were hit by an ASF outbreak subsequently sold all their pigs (healthy and sick) to the market in panic. Factors that positively correlated with recent ASF outbreaks were prompt disposal of dead pigs on farms (P < 0.001, OR = 2.3), wild animals present in the village (P < 0.001, OR = 1.7) and farmers sourcing drugs from stockists (P < 0.001, OR = 1.6); while protective factors were the presence of perimeter fences (P = 0.03, OR = 0.5), attendance of farmers at secondary-school level and above (P < 0.001, OR = 0.6), routine cleaning of the pig pens (P < 0.001, OR = 0.6) and pigs being the only livestock kept by farmer (P = 0.01, OR = 0.7). Given the current situation, there is a need to raise awareness among farmers and other value chain actors of biosecurity measures and create incentives for farmers to report ASF cases. 2017-06 2015-12-22T09:32:14Z 2015-12-22T09:32:14Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69415 en Limited Access Hindawi Limited Dione, M.M., Akol, J., Roesel, K., Kungu, J., Ouma, E.A., Wieland, B. and Pezo, D. 2017. Risk factors for African swine fever in smallholder pig production systems in Uganda. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 64(3): 872–882. |
| spellingShingle | swine animal diseases Dione, Michel M. Akol, Joyce Roesel, Kristina Kungu, J. Ouma, Emily A. Wieland, Barbara Pezo, Danilo A. Risk factors for African swine fever in smallholder pig production systems in Uganda |
| title | Risk factors for African swine fever in smallholder pig production systems in Uganda |
| title_full | Risk factors for African swine fever in smallholder pig production systems in Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Risk factors for African swine fever in smallholder pig production systems in Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Risk factors for African swine fever in smallholder pig production systems in Uganda |
| title_short | Risk factors for African swine fever in smallholder pig production systems in Uganda |
| title_sort | risk factors for african swine fever in smallholder pig production systems in uganda |
| topic | swine animal diseases |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69415 |
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