This Is Important! Residents Of North Aceh Don't Forget To Ask The PMK Free Letter Dealer When Buying Sacrificial Animals

BANDA ACEH - The North Aceh Regency Government (Pemkab) through the Plantation, Livestock and Animal Health Service requires every sacrificial animal traded to have a certificate of being free of mouth and nail disease (PMK).

Secretary of the Plantation, Livestock and Animal Health Office of North Aceh Regency, Aceh Province, Muzakir said the certificate was to ensure that the sacrificial animals traded were healthy and not indicated by PMK.

"Every sacrificial animal that is traded must have a certificate of being free of mouth and nail disease. The goal is that the sacrificial animal is really healthy and the meat is fit for consumption," he said in Lhokseumawe, Antara, Monday, June 13.

Muzakir reminded traders of sacrificial animals to show buyers a certificate of being free of mouth and nail diseases, so that buyers know that the animals purchased are really healthy.

"We also ask the public to be more selective in choosing sacrificial animals in the midst of an epidemic of mouth and nail disease. With a certificate, the health of the animals to be sacrificed is guaranteed," he said.

Regarding the outbreak, he said the number of livestock indicated by mouth and nail disease in North Aceh Regency was 4,859 heads of the total population of 257,707 heads.

"A total of 815 cattle have been declared cured. While 22 livestock have died due to indications of mouth and nail disease. We continue to try to suppress the transmission and spread of mouth and nail disease outbreaks," he said.

Regarding the stock of livestock ahead of Eid al-Adha 1443 Hijri, he said, it was sufficient. The stock of livestock for sacrifice reached 5,865 heads, consisting of 1,471 cows, 1,737 sheep, 2,552 goats, and 105 buffalo.

Meanwhile, livestock for the meugang tradition are 4,336 heads, consisting of 2,445 cows, 341 sheep, 830 goats and 720 buffalo, said Muzakir.

He said that although a number of animal markets in North Aceh Regency were closed to prevent transmission and oral and nail diseases, the sale and purchase of animals still occurred among traders and breeders.

"Outbreaks of mouth and hoof disease do not affect the price of cattle. The price of bulls for sacrifice is in the range of Rp. 13 million to Rp. 15 million per head," said Muzakir.