African Babi Flu Involves, The Number Of Dead Pigs In NTT CONTINUES To Increase To 349 Cases

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The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Pedestrian Office reported that pigs died suddenly in NTT and continued to increase from the original 318 on Monday, February 6 to 349 cases. "There have been an additional 31 new cases in NTT," said Head of Animal Health and Veterinary Public Health at the NTT Province Animal Husbandry Service Melky Angsar, in Kupang, Antara, Wednesday, February 8. Melky detailed that 77 pigs died suddenly in Kupang Regency, followed by Southwest Sumba 53 and the third was Kupang City with 49. Then in fourth place are Nagekeo Regency with 47 cases of Sikka Regency with 43 cases, and East Flores with 33 cases and West Sumba with three cases. He said that not all of the pigs that died were infected with African Swine Fever (ASF) or African Babi Flu. "But there are also those who just die, when the samples are taken it's not because of ASF but because it really hurts," he said. Head of the Kupang Class I Quarantine Center Yulius Umbu Hunggar said the Kupang Agricultural Quarantine had been trying to prevent various cases of livestock dying from pests. "We have babaklas with this ASF, but we don't want cases of verbal and nail disease (PMK) or another new virus called the Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) for cattle," he said. He added that to prevent the spread of ASF cases and prevent the entry of PMK and LSD, cooperation from all parties is needed, both from the government, police, TNI, KSOP, academics and the media. He also added that to prevent the spread of pests for animals, some time ago his party had also destroyed 500 kilograms of pork from Bau-Bau, Southeast Sulawesi.