Ahead of Iduladfa, Lampung Livestock Fattening Centers Asked to Vaccinate to Prevent FMD

Lampung - The Lampung Provincial Animal Husbandry and Animal Health Service (Disnakkeswan) appeals to feedloter or places for fattening livestock to carry out a vaccination ring to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease (FMD) and lumpy skin disease (LSD) in livestock in the region.

"To ensure that livestock in Lampung Province can continue to maintain their health, we continue to massively take steps to prevent foot and mouth disease, or LSD so that livestock in Lampung remain healthy," said Head of the Lampung Province Livestock and Animal Health Service Lili Mawarti in Bandarlampung, Wednesday, quoted by Antara.

He said one of the efforts was to provide assistance to feedloter in Lampung in carrying out vaccination rings or livestock vaccination within a radius of three kilometers around the feedloter.

"We have appealed to feedloter to conduct a vaccination ring around it, and this is done similar to last year. Yesterday, a mass vaccination ring for mouth and foot disease was also carried out, with a radius of three kilometers in one of the feedloter, namely PT Guna Bakti Usaha in Central Lampung Regency," he said.

According to him, this is done to prevent an increase in the spread of the mouth and foot disease outbreak, by increasing the body's resistance to livestock. Moreover, about a month later, livestock is sought by people who celebrate Eid al-Adha 2026.

"So we hope that other feedloters can also do the same thing to ensure that all livestock are healthy, and prevent livestock from being infected with these diseases," he said.

He continued that PMK in livestock can be cured, so farmers are expected to vaccinate livestock regularly and repeatedly.

"Vaccination of livestock must be repeated, such as vaccination of foot and mouth disease, which must be repeated not only once but every three months, and the next six months," he said.

He appealed to farmers and feedlotters in the region to vaccinate healthy livestock.

"Don't wait for sick livestock to be treated or vaccinated. But vaccinate livestock before they get sick, when healthy animals are vaccinated, it will certainly make them more resistant to exposure to disease and don't forget to keep the cage clean," he said.