Abstract
Bird flu disease that attacks duck dismissed the notion of duck immune to bird flu disease. Learning from the experience of bird flu disease that attacks poultry in the year of 2004-2005, necessary to measure the spread of disease prevention bird flu in ducks. This paper aims to describe the business and trade patterns of duck associated with the spread of avian influenza and predict the socio-economic impact of bird flu on duck farms in Indonesia. Duck rearing patterns mostly are in the extensive and semi-intensive system, that have large potential disease transmission occured between duck and wild. Illegal trade in the crossborder region and imports from countries that re-export it, ias alo become potential as well as the entry point to the bird flu virus in Indonesia. Ducks trade between regions by land transportation is difficult to control as well becomes the potential media to spread of the virus to a wider area. The economic impact of bird flu on duck business occured due to the death of ducks, decline in production and loss of job opportunities, while that on demand reduction was not significant. Small scale farmers that were bankrupt as a result of bird flu outbreaks may require technical assistance and access to capital for recovery. In the future, development of ducks business should be directed at duck farms into a semi-intensive and intensive system to facilitate the control of epidemic diseases. Key words: Bird flu, ducks, impact, social economic
Highlights
Bird flu disease that attacks duck dismissed the notion of duck immune to bird flu disease
Learning from the experience of bird flu disease that attacks poultry in the year of 2004-2005, necessary to measure the spread of disease prevention bird flu in ducks
This paper aims to describe the business and trade patterns of duck associated with the spread of avian influenza and predict the socio-economic impact of bird flu on duck farms in Indonesia
Summary
Penyakit flu burung yang menyerang ternak itik menepis anggapan selama ini yang menyatakan bahwa ternak itik kebal terhadap penyakit flu burung. Belajar dari pengalaman penyakit flu burung yang menyerang unggas pada 2004-2005, maka perlu dilakukan langkah-langkah pencegahan penyebaran penyakit flu burung pada itik. Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan pola usaha dan perdagangan itik terkait dengan penyebaran penyakit flu burung serta memperkirakan dampak sosial ekonomi penyakit flu burung terhadap peternakan itik di Indonesia. Perdagangan ilegal di daerah lintas batas dan impor dari negara yang melakukan re-ekspor juga berpotensi sebagai jalur masuknya virus flu burung ke Indonesia. Perdagangan itik antar daerah melalui jalur darat yang sulit dikontrol juga berpotensi sebagai media penyebaran virus ke daerah yang lebih luas. Dampak ekonomi penyakit flu burung pada usaha ternak itik muncul akibat kematian dan penurunan produksi serta hilangnya kesempatan kerja, dimana penurunan permintaan tidak berdampak secara signifikan. Ke depan pengembangan usaha peternakan itik sebaiknya diarahkan pada usaha semi intensif dan intensif untuk mencegah dan mengendalikan terjadinya wabah penyakit
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