Journal
ONE HEALTH
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100151
Keywords
Timor-Leste; African Swine Fever; pig, biosecurity; public awareness
Funding
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
- Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade program, To'os Ba Moris Diak [LS/2017/102]
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Since September 2019, African Swine Fever has caused extensive mortalities to the pig population of Timor-Leste, where pigs are important for traditional ceremonies and for monetary income. At the time of the outbreak we were developing a sustainable model for smallholder pig raising in Timor-Leste. We added basic biosecurity measures at our nine trial sites and conducted public awareness meetings in trial sukus (villages). This approach was largely successful as, despite extensive pig mortalities in the areas, few pigs died at trial sites once measures had been adopted and trial pig mortalities appeared to be linked to social issues that could be reduced through improved public awareness. We believe this approach can cost-effectively reduce the risk of mortalities due to African Swine Fever in settings where smallholder pig raising is very basic and resources limited, but pigs are of great socio-economic importance.
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