Identification of biosecurity on beef cattle farms

Abstract

Biosecurity has an important role to prevent the spread of contagious diseases on beef cattle farms. The purpose of this research was to identify biosecurity on beef cattle farms. The location of this research was in Panyangkalang subdistrict as the most populous of beef cattle in Takalar regency. Population of this research was 63 beef cattle farmers. Sample of this research was 39 beef cattle farmers. Data were collected from observation and deep interview by using questionnaire. There was 30 questions which consisted of vaccination, sanitation and traffic control. The data were analysed descriptively. The result showed that the level of biosecurity adoption on beef cattle farms was medium and categorized as "partial adopter". It can be suggested that training and extension were needed by beef cattle farmers.

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