Minister Of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Ensures Handling Of Animal Mouth-Foot Diseases Is Controlled

JAKARTA - Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo visited farmers and the post for handling foot and mouth disease (PMK) in livestock in Gresik Regency, East Java to ensure optimal control of the disease.

"I, along with all the directors general at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forkopinda along with the Gresik Regent and four other Regents, we are present in the field, this indicates what the President has asked for so that all powers in the central and regional governments seriously take maximum action," Syahrul said in a statement received. in Jakarta, Antara, Tuesday, May 10.

Minister of Agriculture Syahrul ensured that the handling and control of PMK in East Java was running well and under control. He said the Ministry of Agriculture fully supports the tiered efforts made by local governments in handling and controlling FMD in their respective regions.

Indonesia has been listed as free of FMD since 1986 and received international recognition in 1990. Minister of Agriculture Syahrul hopes that the various mitigation efforts carried out by his party together with local governments can optimally suppress the spread of FMD in a number of areas and bring Indonesia back as a FMD-free country.

“Indonesia has been a PMK-free country in Asia since 1990, and it turns out that a few days ago we had to deal with PMK. But from the results of tests and monitoring in the field, along with the number of infected with a low mortality rate, we hope that the FMD this time will be at a mild level," explained Syahrul.

The support provided by the Ministry of Agriculture is through the deployment of field teams, medicines, and research as well as producing the PMK vaccine.

"We will continue to work, we will take integrated steps that can minimize the number of spreads, either by isolation, area or cage lockdown, we will do tracing, and intervene with drugs, and as soon as possible we get the serotype from this PMK and we can get it as soon as possible. produce the vaccine," said Syahrul.

The Ministry of Agriculture provided a number of assistances for the treatment of the oral and nail diseases in the form of disinfectants, antibiotics, vitamins, anti-inflammatory drugs, PPE, and a number of manual handsprayer units.