Gunungkidul Livestock Service Take Samples Of Mysterious Dead Livestock Blood

Officers from the Gunungkidul Animal Husbandry and Health Service provide vaccines to cows. (ANTARA/HO-Humas Gunungkidul Regency Government)

GUNUNGKIDUL - The Department of Animal Husbandry and Animal Health in Gunungkidul Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region took samples of the blood of dead livestock in Kayoman Hamlet, Serut Village, allegedly antracs for laboratory testing at the Wates Veterinary Center.

Head of the Gunungkidul Regency Animal Husbandry and Health Service, Wibawanti Wulandari, said that his party received information that a cow and two goats belonging to the resident with the initials S died on Thursday (7/3).

"We have followed up by deploying a team to carry out investigations and take blood samples to be sent to the Wates Veterinary Center," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, March 9.

Based on information from residents, S's cow on Thursday (7/3) died. The person concerned and the resident were slaughtered, but not consumed but immediately buried.

The cow died Thursday (7/3) in the morning, while one goat died in the afternoon and was immediately slaughtered and then buried.

"There were still three goats and they were rescued at his brother's house, but it turned out that one more goat died. So on March 7, there was one cow and three goats belonging to S who died," he said.

He suspects that four livestock died from an attack, while to prove this, the Gunungkidul Animal Husbandry and Health Service took samples of the livestock's blood.

"Just a guess. We'll prove it later through laboratory tests," he said.

Officers have also sprayed formalin liquid at the location of slaughtering and skinning dead livestock. Traffic in and out of livestock is also advised to be limited in the hamlet.

Additional vitamins and antibiotics were also given to livestock in the area, while the next 12 days the livestock vaccination will be carried out.

"For the time being, don't remove the livestock at that location," he said.

The results of his search, S on February 24 brought pieces of meat belonging to a Sleman resident with the initials W.

"I don't know (in detail), only the position of the goat was dead. I didn't know the system was bought or given," said Wibawaanti.

The piece of meat was stolen at S's house and then consumed.

"Currently S is also being treated in hospital. However, regarding S's clinical condition, we cannot explain it, because it is not our domain," he said.