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Farm Animal & Vet Public Health Faculty of Veterinary Science University of Sydney

Farm Animal & Vet Public Health Faculty of Veterinary Science University of Sydney. Jenny-Ann Toribio BVSc MANZCVSc MEd PhD Associate Professor in Epidemiology. ILRI ACIAR International Symposium 23-25 April 2012. Experience – SE Asia. 18 years working in smallholder pig sector

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Farm Animal & Vet Public Health Faculty of Veterinary Science University of Sydney

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  1. Farm Animal & Vet Public HealthFaculty of Veterinary ScienceUniversity of Sydney Jenny-Ann Toribio BVScMANZCVScMEd PhD Associate Professor in Epidemiology ILRI ACIAR International Symposium 23-25 April 2012

  2. Experience – SE Asia • 18 years working in smallholder pig sector • In Indonesia and Philippines - ACIAR research • Focus on herds ≤5 sows kept for home consumption, cultural practices and supplementary income AS/1994/121 Defining problems & opportunities for smallholder pig production in the Philippines ASEM/1997/041 Enhancing contribution of livestock in smallholder mixed farming systems in Philippines AH/2006/156 Livestock movement and managing disease in Eastern Indonesia and Eastern Australia • Contributions • Productivity & factors related to higher productivity of smallholder herds in the Philippines • Tool kit – Improving pig performance & profit • Network of formal & informal pig trade in eastern Indonesia

  3. Experience - Australia In Australia – Aust Biosecurity CRC & ACIAR research Focus on herds ≤100 sows sales via saleyards, to other farms and to consumers; not on consignment to abattoir. Pigs kept for home consumption, cultural practices and secondary income. Constitute a substantial % of pig producers but small % of pigs produced. ABCRC 3.016RE Peri-urban and remote regional surveillance for biosecurity for the pig industry in Eastern Australia ABCRC 3.086R Assessment of the risks to animal biosecurity associated with small landholders • Contributions • Trade & biosecurity practices of smallholder herds • Assessment of biosecurity risk for TAD of this sector compared to commercial sector

  4. Lessons – Managing health risk • 1. Improve management within local context • Confine pigs along with management of reproduction (oestrus detection, boar use) and nutrition (rations using locally available feedstuffs) • Enhance access to reproduction, nutrition and health information • 2. Support safe trade instead of prohibition • People will break the rules for a variety of reasons & authorities will be kept ‘in the dark’ until there is a disease outbreak • Better to support safe trade & share the responsibility for health control • 3. Enable smallholder contribution and collaboration • Famer groups – collective negotiation on inputs and outputs with supply companies and traders • Village biosecurity – collective action to safeguard community from TAD • Farm quality assurance – relevant to smallholder herds e.g. APIQ™ Australian Pork Industry Quality Assurance Program - Specific for herds ≤50 sows or 1000 pigs sold per year

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