One Month Before Eid Al-Adha, Nagan Raya Aceh Regency Government Vaccine PMK 2,500 Livestock

Documentation - Animal health workers vaccinate livestock belonging to farmers in Darul Makmur District, Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh Province. (ANTARA/HO-Doc Nagan Raya Regency Government).

NANGAN RAYA- One month before Eid al-Adha I445 Hijriyah, Nagan Raya Regency Government, Aceh Province confirmed that 2,500 livestock in the area until April 2024, had received vaccinations to prevent transmission of mouth and nail disease (PMK).

The government has issued a Joint Decree (SKB) of 3 Ministers regarding Joint Leave and 2024 National Holidays, that Eid al-Adha 1445 H/2024 AD falls on Monday, June 17, 2024.

"The 2,500 livestock that we have vaccinated consists of cattle, buffalo, goats, and sheep or castration," said Head of the Agriculture and Livestock Service of Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh Safridhal in Suka Makmue, quoted from ANTARA, Monday, May 20.

In 2023, the local government has also administered 29,834 doses of vaccine to livestock in this area, as an effort to prevent the transmission of PMK.

Safridhal said the vaccination target included livestock that had not been infected with the PMK or livestock outbreak in good health.

The local government hopes that the number of immunity for buffalo, cattle, goats or the like in the area in the future will be more immune to the outbreak.

"With this vaccination, it is hoped that community-owned livestock immunity in Nagan Raya can increase," said Safridhal.

He said that so far many cattle, buffalo, and goats in Nagan Raya are in good health due to the treatment carried out by animal health workers and veterinarians, who are ready to go down to every village in this area.

The treatment method is carried out by providing vitamins and a number of other medical measures.