23 Cows In Bengkulu Exposed To LSD, Service Of Restrictions On Veterinary Mobility

BENGKULU - The Bengkulu Province Animal Husbandry and Health Service restricts and tightens the mobility of livestock in Mukomuko Regency in anticipation after 23 cows were declared exposed to Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD).

"Until now, we have continued to tighten the mobility of livestock traffic in Mukomuko Regency not to leave the area because of the LSD outbreak," said Head of the Bengkulu Province Animal Husbandry and Health Service M. Syarkawi as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, February 14. The restrictions were carried out, because until now the LSD case in Bengkulu Province is only located in Mukomuko Regency. He said that restrictions were also placed in all border areas between Bengkulu as in Kaur Regency and Rejang Lebong Regency as well as on the border between districts in Bengkulu. For animals passing by, they must include a healthy animal certificate or SKKH from the doctor where the livestock is originating. "For animals passing between regions must be in good health and accompanied by a health certificate from the doctor where the animal is derived," he said. He explained that the LSD case in Mukomuko Regency amounted to 73 cows, 44 tails were declared cured, four tails were forced cuts and two dead tails. "Currently, the remaining LSD cases in Mukomuko Regency are about 23 tails and we also carried out treatment and supervision of animals still infected LSD," he explained. He explained that the spread of LSD disease is about 45 percent and the death rate of livestock below 1 percent, but if viewed from the appearance of the disease, there were lumps of animals that had been infected with the disease so that it was not pleasing to be seen. However, his party appealed not to the breeders not to worry because the disease could be anticipated in various ways. Among them by providing livestock, especially types of cattle and vitamin buffalo, cleaning cages routinely, conducting expulsion of flies, mosquitoes or small animals that could potentially transmit the virus through the skin, "said M Syarkawi.