3 Jambi Residents Perform Rabies Vaccination After Being Bitten By A Wild Dog

JAMBI - The Department of Plantation and Livestock (Disbunak) of West Tanjungjabung (Tanjabbar) vaccinated rabies for three residents who were bitten by stray dogs and suffered injuries to several parts of their bodies.

Veterinarian Disbunak Tanjabbar Julhadi, said that currently there are still many stray dogs in the city of Kuala Tungkal who roam and bite three local residents, so it is not certain whether the condition is rabies or not.

"It is not certain whether rabies is certain or not because we are still investigating the dog," said Julhadi, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, July 4.

Currently, the Plantation and Livestock Service will vaccinate dogs in a number of urban villages within Kuala Tungkal, as an effort to collect HPR data, rabies vaccination to prevent rabies.

"We are also coordinating with village officials and related agencies in carrying out these activities," said Julhadi.

According to the veterinarian, one of the causes of dogs attacking humans is that they feel threatened and we ask dog owners to feed and report if the dog has indications of rabies, which is a sign of excessive saliva.

"Dogs can be aggressive because they feel threatened, abandoned by their owners, provoked and if a rabies dog does not want to stay in one location or tends to always move," said Julhadi.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Tanjabbar Disbunak Livestock, Rimon Ferry Harianja, said that currently the area is still safe and his party has not even found a rabies case, although he asked the public to remain vigilant against stray dogs.

Rimon also said that the handling of stray dogs is currently a dilemma for Disbunak and the team that is doing it in the field because dogs are no longer recommended to be poisoned and it is recommended to be further strengthened through rabies vaccination. So far, dogs that have been vaccinated against pets have been vaccinated while stray dogs will be vaccinated but coordinate with teams such as the Fire and Rescue Service, Civil Service Police and others.

"In addition, we have also made an appeal and yesterday we wrote to several village heads regarding the active vaccination of stray dogs.

To note, the three victims were the first residents of Jalan Bengkinang who were bitten in the arm on Sunday, July 2, then the second victim, on Monday (3/7) with the initials DA, a Health Service staff who was bitten by the upper leg and on Tuesday (4/7) RZ, an employee of the Tanjabbar KB Service, was also bitten at the top.