Abstract
Poultry farming has the risk of being attacked by various diseases. One effort to protect the poultry, particularly layer chickens is by implementing a biosecurity system to prevent death due to diseases [1]. The area where most breeders have implemented a biosecurity system is located in Lendah, Kulonprogo because, in 2015, chickens in the district were attacked by Newcastle disease called Tetelo. This study aims to evaluate the implementation of the biosecurity system by analyzing the conditions and the success rate of this system on layer chicken farming, as well as the attitudes of breeders toward the system. The respondents were gathered using census, and the data were analyzed by measuring variables in aspects of biosecurity conditions using a rating scale. The Spearman Rank measured the correlation, whereas breeders’ attitudes toward the implementation of biosecurity were measured qualitatively. The results showed that the implementation of the biosecurity system was at a moderate level, and chicken mortality was quite high. The attitudes of the breeders toward the layer chicken’s biosecurity system as a whole belonged to the good category. In conclusion, layer chicken breeders had a positive response to the biosecurity system.
Highlights
The results showed that the implementation of the biosecurity system was at a moderate level, and chicken mortality was quite high
One type of farming require to be developed to meet the needs of the Indonesian people is layer chickens as the demand for chicken eggs continues to increase from year to year
The implementation of the biosecurity system can be seen from nine aspects, that is the cleanliness of the cages and the environment, the cleanliness of the drinking places, the cleanliness of the feeding places, vaccination, waste management, sick chicken management, dead chicken management, quarantine measures, and the application of traffic control
Summary
One type of farming require to be developed to meet the needs of the Indonesian people is layer chickens as the demand for chicken eggs continues to increase from year to year. In a row over the past three years, from 2015 to 2017, the demands for chicken eggs per capita per year in Indonesia were: as follows, 100.88 kg/capita/year, 103.12 kg/capita/year, and 110.19 kg/capita/year. Layer chickens have a high risk of failure due to diseases. The diseases attacking layer chickens are avian influenza and Newcastle disease or commonly in Javanish called Tetelo [2]. A system is needed to prevent the emergence of the diseases in order to reduce the potential economic loss
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