Cattle Market In Pamekasan Quiet Due To PMK

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PAMEKASAN - The cattle market in Pamekasan, East Java, has been quiet for the past 2 weeks due to an epidemic of foot and mouth disease (PMK) that has affected the cattle of some farmers in the area.

One of them, such as the Keppo Cattle Market, Polagan Village, Galis District, Pamekasan which is located about 10 kilometers to the east of Pamekasan City.

Based on field observations, Tuesday, June 21, there were not a single cow in this market, either from traders or cattle breeders.

"It has been quiet for the past two weeks," said a market security officer from the Pamekasan Regency Government's Industry and Trade Service (Disperindag), Hairul, quoted by Antara.

Not only at the Keppo Cattle Market, a number of animal markets, such as the 17 August Market, Bugih Village, Pamekasan, were also observed to be quiet.

In this market, only birds are sold. In fact, usually also cows and goats. Likewise at the Blumbungan Animal Market in Blumbungan Village, Larangan District, Pamekasan.

According to the Head of the Pamekasan Regency Food, Agriculture and Livestock Security Service (DKPPP), Ajib Abdullah, the animal market was quiet because residents and traders were worried about buying cows.

"Here, there is no policy to close the market. The markets are quiet because traders and breeders are afraid to buy animals. Automatically breeders who want to sell animals cannot because there are no buyers," he said by telephone, Tuesday.

Ajib explained that his party did ask the farmers to refrain from buying cows in the market. Moreover, the origin of the cows sold in the market is unknown.

"There are cows sent from Java. So, even though it's safe from FMD here, these cows from outside Madura, for example infected with FMD, will automatically be transmitted to other cows," he explained, explaining.

Sick cattle with symptoms such as the FMD outbreak were first known to occur in a number of villages in Kadur, Pamekasan and Larangan sub-districts.

However, in its development, it has spread to almost all sub-districts, even in Proppo District, Pamekasan, there are already cows that have been positively exposed to FMD based on laboratory test results from the Yogyakarta Veterinary Center.