Author(s)

Thierry Heri Cishesa^1,2*, Anicet Bahati Kavange³, Justin Zigashane Kulimushi¹, Dieudonné Cigajir’Omwirhwe Rugendabanga⁴, Crispin Ndagano Kamole K’Eka⁵, Rosine Lufungulo Rosine⁶, Charles Bahavu Hangi², Nshokano Baharanyi Josué⁴, Patient M. Zamukulu⁷

¹Department of Veterinaries Sciences, Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Agronomiques et Vétérinaires (ISEAV), Walungu, South-Kivu Province, D.R. Congo.
²Department of Environment and Sustainable Development, ISTD, Kalehe, South-Kivu Province, D.R. Congo.
³Department of Environmental Sciences, Insititut Supérieur de Développement Rural (ISRD), Shabunda, South-Kivu Province, D.R. Congo.
⁴Department of General Agronomy, ISEAV, Walungu, South-Kivu Province, D.R. Congo.
⁵Department of Biological, Faculty of Sciences, University of Burundi, Burundi.
⁶Department of Social Organization, Institut Supérieur pour les Techniques de Développement (ISTD), Kalehe, South-Kivu Province, D.R. Congo.
⁷Faculty of Agronomy and Environmental Sciences, Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA), Bukavu, South-Kivu Province, D.R. Congo.

Livestock is one of the main sources of animal protein and contributes significantly to livelihood famers. The objective of this study is to assess the influence of the traditional pig farming system on the risk of pig diseases in Kamituga in the South Kivu province. The present study was carried out in Kamituga among farmers who had at least 1 pig during the study period. The methodology was based on a survey combined with observations by means of a survey questionnaire that had previously been drawn up and sent to the herders. Results show that the major part of the farmers practice swine rearing because this activity constitutes a source of income for them (49%) of our respondents who affirm that climatic factors favorited diseases and constitute the main cause for the pathologies of pigs farming in the study area and 5% of the communities members showed the traditional system in divagation is the second source of pig diseases. African swine fever was the most frequent disease in free-ranging pigs in Kamituga with a rate of 42%, followed by diarrheal symptoms of various origins with a frequency rate of 29% and finally endo/ectoparasitic infestations.

Livestock System, Pig Farming, Pathology, Mwenga

Cishesa, T.H., Kavange, A.B., Kulimushi, J.Z., Rugendabanga, D.C., K’Eka, C.N.K., Rosine, R.L., Hangi, C.B., Josué, N.B. and Zamukulu, P.M. (2022) Traditional Livestock System and Pathologies Risk in the Small-Scale Pig Farming in Kamituga Sub County, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Open Access Library Journal, 9, 1-13. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1108637.