156 Infected Heads, Papua Sets ASF Outbreak Emergency On Pigs

Archives. The Jayapura Regency Plantation and Livestock Service provides vaccines to pigs in East Sentani District. (ANTARA-Yudhi Efendi)

JAKARTA - The Papua Provincial Government (Pemprov) has declared an emergency status for the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak that attacks pigs in the local area. Head of the Papua Animal Husbandry and Plantation Service Matheus P. Koibur said this was after the increase in the death rate on pigs from February 6 to April 5, 2024, which reached 156 in the villages of Noloka and Ayapo, Sentani District, Jayapura Regency, "As many as 156 livestock with symptoms led to an outbreak of ASF which could potentially expand so that in order to anticipate its spread in the Papua Province, an emergency action was needed," he said in Jayapura, Thursday, June 6, confiscated by Antara. According to Koibur, ASF's emergency status has been determined through the Decree of the Governor of Papua Number: 188.4/143 of 2024 concerning the determination of the status of the emergency state of the African Swine Fever (ASF) disease outbreak in Papua Province. "Through this decree, it is necessary for technical agencies in Papua Province to aggressively prevent and control transmission and control the spread of the AFS outbreak with several strategic steps," he said.

Dia menjelaskan, seperti melarang melalulintaskan ternak babi, produk dan olahan dari dan ke Kabupaten Jayapura, serta dari daerah tertular ASF atau daerah yang masih bebas dari wabah tersebut.Kemudian melakukan depopulasi atau pemusnahan terbatas di daerah wabah, lalu melakukan suveilens kasus ASF di seluruh Papua, gencar sosialisasi tentang bahaya ASF, meningkatkan desinfeksi di peternakan babi, dan melakukan pemetaan sentra-sentra peternakan babi."Kami juga mengimbau para pengelola peternakan babi apabila menggunakan pakan swill feeding harus dimasak dengan sempurna dan melakukan inspeksi mendadak (sidak) ke tempat pemotongan babi, rumah makan/restoran yang menyajikan bahan daging/olahan babi," ujarnya.Menurut Koibur, surat keputusan status keadaan darurat wabah penyakit ASF berlaku selama enam bulan sejak ditetapkan pada 16 April 2024."Tentunya akan dievaluasi kembali setelah adanya perubahan di lapangan melalui uji laboratorium sesuai ketentuan yang berlaku," katanya.