DKPP Bintan Vaccination 200 Cattle Prevent PMK

Veterinarians are vaccinating cattle to prevent the spread of mouth and nail disease (PMK) in Bintan Regency, Riau Islands, Friday (25/7/2025). BETWEEN

TANJUNG PINANG - The Department of Food and Agriculture Security (DKPP) of Bintan Regency, Riau Islands Province (Kepri), vaccinated 200 cattle to prevent the spread of mouth and nail disease (PMK).

Head of the Animal Husbandry and Health Division of the Bintan DKPP, Iwan Berri Prima, said that the PMK vaccine is an APBN assistance from the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) through the Riau Islands Province Food, Agriculture and Animal Health Security Service (DKP2KH).

"Vaccination will be carried out on July 17, 2025 and on July 25, 2025, spread across seven sub-districts throughout Bintan. This is the second phase of vaccination in 2025," said Iwan Berri in Bintan, Saturday.

Iwan Berri, who also serves as the Veterinary Authority of Bintan Regency, said that the PMK vaccination program aims to prevent the PMK outbreak, which recently has cases re-emerging in various regions in Indonesia.

As for the PMK vaccination target, he said, according to the direction of the central government, it is for cattle.

According to him, Bintan received an allocation of 200 doses of PMK vaccine, with details of Gunung Kijang District as many as 31 doses, East Bintan District as many as 69 doses.

Furthermore, Bintan Utara and the Kuala Lobam Series as many as 40 doses, Sebong Bay as many as 10 doses, Toapaya as many as 40 doses and Bintan Bay as many as 10 doses. This amount is the same as the total cattle population in the area.

"In the implementation of this vaccination, four veterinarians and 12 veterinary paramedic staff and other animal health workers from the Bintan DKPP," he said.