Anticipating PMK, Solok Agriculture Service Tightens Livestock Market Supervision

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AROSUKA - The Agriculture Service of Solok Regency, West Sumatra (West Sumatra) has tightened supervision at the Muaro Paneh Livestock Market to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease (PMK) which is currently spreading to cattle and buffalo in the area. in Solok, Friday 27 May, said the Solok Regency Government and Forkopimda had held a meeting to discuss the supervision of the cattle market in Muaro Paneh. local area," he was quoted as saying by Antara. He said that starting today, strict supervision will be carried out at the livestock market. Even traders are not allowed to carry out trading activities of livestock even in the market parking lot. According to him, the purpose of monitoring the market is to reduce the accumulation of FMD in cattle so as to avoid the transmission of FMD itself to livestock. "As much as possible, there should be no cows piling up. Because the accumulation triggers the transmission of FMD," he said. The closing of the Muaro Paneh cattle market also aims to close the possibility of the entry of livestock from the affected area.

However, he did not prohibit traders from buying and selling livestock in their respective places. As long as there is no accumulation of cows and the health protocols are still applied. "Please trade in your respective cowsheds and continue to apply health protocols," he said. Solok Regency Agriculture Service officers are also ready to be called directly to the field to check the health of the cows if there is anything wrong with them. experienced illness and had to be isolated for seven days and treated. "If no one is sick please sell it and we will make a health certificate," he said. field and immediate treatment if sick cows are found. He also appealed to the public not to panic because the stock of sacrificial animals is still sufficient and imported from areas that have not been exposed to foot and mouth disease. check animal health "After inspection, it will be labeled with the criteria for healthy cows and according to the criteria for sacrificial animals so that the sacrificial committee and mosque administrators are safe to buy them," he said.