Joint Team Takes Samples Of Wild Boar Dies Suddenly In Agam

AGAM - A joint team from West Sumatra (West Sumatra), went to the location of a wild boar that died suddenly in Rimbo Ateh Ikia Maua Hilia, Jorong Kayu Pasak Timur, Nagari Salareh Aia, Palembayan District, Agam Regency. The team took samples of the animal's organs.

The joint team came from the Bukittinggi Veterinary Center, the West Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA), the Animal Husbandry Service, West Sumatra Animal Health and was accompanied by the Agam Agriculture Service and the Agam Natural Resources Conservation Resort (KSDA).

The veterinarian of the Bukittinggi Veterinary Center, drh Katamtama S, said the samples found were only skull bones, bones from other body parts and soil where the pig died suddenly.

"We only found skull bones, bones from other body parts and soil, because pigs died a few days ago," he said, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, December 8.

This sample will be taken to the Bukittinggi Viterinary Center Laboratory to be examined whether the sample is exposed to the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus or the African swine flu virus.

The results will be out in less than a week. "If the samples come in immediately, then the next few days or at the latest one week will be out," he said.

Meanwhile, the Coordinator for Biological Diversity Conservation Affairs of the West Sumatra BKSDA, drh Windarti, added that the West Sumatra BKSDA had received two reports of wild boars dying suddenly since 2020.

The first report stated that there were around 80 pig deaths in West Pasaman in 2020 and around 50 in Agam in 2021.

"We received two reports of sudden pig deaths and did not rule out the possibility of another pig death, but it was not reported by residents," he said.

The Head of the Animal Health and Veterinary Public Health Division of the Agam Agriculture Service, Farid Muslim, appealed to residents to immediately report the death of the pig, so that body organ samples could be taken.

"I have conveyed to the animal health officers, wali nagari, jorong and others to immediately report the death of the pig," he said.

This sudden death of a wild boar is the first in Agam. For this reason, his party anticipates the spread of the death.