Study of Biosecurity Implementation in Animal Quarantine Premises for Imported Cattle Across Java Island
Kajian Biosekuriti Instalasi Karantina Hewan Sapi Impor di Pulau Jawa
Abstract
Indonesia imports large number of live cattle as breeding cattle or beef cattle to fulfill its demands for protein of animal origin. In order to prevent animal disease entering and spreading in the country the Government of Indonesia provides animal quarantine premises inside or outside every entry/exit point. Requirements and procedures to establish animal quarantine premises is stated in the Agriculture Minister’s Decree No 34/2006 regarding Requirements and Procedures to Establish Animal Quarantine Premises, and in the Head of Agriculture Quarantine Agency’s Decree regarding Technical Guidelines for Large Ruminant Animal Quarantine Premises. Biosecurity in animal quarantine facilities is one of important factors in preventing spreading of diseases among animals, transmission from animals to human or vice versa and also preventing disease to enter premises. Biosecurity implementation in animal quarantine premises depends on the knowledge, attitude and practices conducted by the officers of the premise, both veterinarian officers and paraveterinarian officers. The aim of this study is to determine the level of biosecurity and the relation among characteristic, knowledge and attitude of veterinarian and paraveterinarian officers on the biosecurity implementation (sanitation, isolation and movement control) in a temporary animal quarantine premises. Data were collected from temporary animal quarantine premises for imported cattle across Java Island. In this study we found that in general the biosecurity implementation in the premises was adequate (62.6%) and good (31.2%). We also noticed that the characteristic of veterinarian officers showed no relation to the biosecurity implementation, while the knowledge and attitude of veterinarian officers showed a strong relation to the biosecurity implementation (p<0.05) with medium correlation level (r = 0.463 and r = 0.524). On the other hand, characteristic of paraveterinarian officers showed no relation to the biosecurity implementation, while the knowledge and attitude of paraveterinarian officers shows a strong relation to the biosecurity implementation (p<0.05) with medium correlation level (r = 0.410 and r = 0.427).
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- MT - Veterinary Science [909]