Quantifying slaughterhouse anthrax surveillance and economic loss prevention in Depok, Indonesia

cattle slaughter process zoonosis economic meat supply chain

Authors

  • Ardilasunu Wicaksono
    ardilasunu@apps.ipb.ac.id
    Division of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0682-9384
  • Havan Yusuf Division of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia
Figure 2. Pathway diagram modeling the probability of anthrax transmission mitigation and economic loss prevention by government slaughterhouses in Depok, Indonesia. Note: *) The initial transmission risk is assumed to be uniformly distributed across the four main livestock movement pathways entering the district.

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Slaughterhouses serve as central points for livestock aggregation and thus play an important role in disease surveillance. This study aimed to evaluate the economic impact of slaughterhouses through their role in the anthrax surveillance system in Depok, Indonesia. The economic impact of anthrax was evaluated using partial economic analysis, and the role of slaughterhouses was determined using pathway diagram analysis. The total economic impact of anthrax on livestock was estimated to be IDR 982.4 million (~USD 63,300). The largest proportion of this loss was attributed to mortality (76.9%), with cattle accounting for most commodity losses (56.0%). Slaughterhouse operations were estimated to mitigate anthrax-related economic losses of IDR 122.8 million (~USD 7,900). These findings highlight the effectiveness of slaughterhouses as surveillance units for reducing anthrax transmission and associated economic losses.

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Wicaksono A, Yusuf H. Quantifying slaughterhouse anthrax surveillance and economic loss prevention in Depok, Indonesia. ARSHI vet lett [Internet]. 2026 Aug. 1 [cited 2026 Nov. 11];10(3):87-8. Available from: https://journal.ipb.ac.id/arshivetlett/article/view/72371

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