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    Risk factors for African swine fever in smallholder pig production systems in Uganda

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    Dione, Michel M.
    Akol, J.
    Roesel, Kristina
    Kungu, J.
    Ouma, Emily A.
    Wieland, Barbara
    Pezo, Danilo A.
    Date
    2017-06
    Language
    en
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review status
    Peer Review
    Accessibility
    Limited Access
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    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.
    Permanent link to cite or share this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10568/69415
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12452
    Abstract/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.
    CGIAR Author ORCID iDs
    Michel Dionehttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7812-5776
    CGIAR Affiliations
    Livestock; Agriculture for Nutrition and Health
    AGROVOC Keywords
    SWINE; ANIMAL DISEASES
    Subjects
    VALUE CHAINS; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMAL PRODUCTION; ASF; LIVESTOCK; PIGS;
    Countries
    UGANDA
    Regions
    AFRICA; EAST AFRICA
    Investors/sponsors
    European Union; International Fund for Agricultural Development
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    • Safe food, fair food [285]
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    • CRP Livestock health flagship [43]
    • ILRI animal and human health program outputs [145]

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