Demak Police Monitor Residents' Farms To Anticipate PMK

Demak Police Chief AKBP Budi Adhy Buono when checking Demak residents' farm / Photo: Antara

DEMAK - The Demak Police, Central Java, together with the Department of Agriculture for Livestock and Animal Health, monitor each farmer to check the health condition of their livestock to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease (PMK). Demak Police Chief AKBP Budi Adhy Buono in Demak, Monday 16 Mei explained that the monitoring targets were the Karangtengah Animal Market and cattle and buffalo farms in Wilalung Village, Gajah District. He also instructed his staff to educate, socialize and put up banners and distribute leaflets about the FMD virus to farmers and traders, both at the animal market and on resident farms. This, he said, was to help local governments in m prevention and spread of PMK so that it doesn't happen in Demak. "The health check of livestock to anticipate the spread of the PMK virus in Demak Regency is a follow-up to the instructions of the National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo," he said. livestock.

"We are ready to help related agencies strictly check the care and process of trading livestock so that the PMK virus does not occur in Demak," he said. In the instructions of the Demak Police Chief, the Sector Police and Bhabinkamtibmas Heads for more synergy with the TNI, animal husbandry services and animal health officers in Demak field. FMD outbreaks if it can be prevented and handled seriously, according to him, of course, it can minimize the potential loss for farmers. With the tracing and checking in the field to ensure whether there are livestock infected with FMD. If found, it can be immediately followed up to prevent the spread of the disease to other livestock. Until now, Demak Regency is still safe from mouth and nail disease outbreaks.