4 Percent Of Sub-District Villages In West Java Confirm PMK Cases, Secretary Asks To Be Alert

Officers in Probolinggo inspect cattle for PMK threats. (AMONG)

JABAR - At least four percent of villages and sub-districts in West Java Province (Jabar) confirmed the findings of mouth and nail disease (PMK) that attacks split-toed livestock.

"We reported earlier that in West Java, approximately four percent of the kelurahan and village areas have been confirmed by PMK," said West Java Regional Secretary Setiawan Wangsaatmaja after attending a leadership meeting at Gedung Sate Bandung, quoted from Antara, Monday, June 6. Setiawan said, the West Java Provincial Government was wary of the spread of the PMK case, especially in the near future it will face the momentum of Eid al-Adha which is identical to the slaughter of sacrificial animals. In addition, continued Setiawan, there have been a number of efforts that have been made by the central government and the West Java Provincial Government regarding the distribution of sacrificial animals. also other things, such as vaccinations for animals, we will do it as soon as possible," he said. He further said that on June 8, 2022, the Head of the West Java Province Food and Livestock Security Service, Moh Arifin Soedjayana, the West Java MUI and also the West Java Regional Office of Religion, would coordinate to follow up related to the MUI fatwa related to the condition of anticipating sacrificial animals. "But so far, we anticipate this. At least when an animal enters, it means that the call must be guaranteed by the animal according to the rules," he said.

Previously, the West Java Province Food and Livestock Security Service (DKPP) stated that 2,816 split-hoofed livestock such as beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep and goats in the area were infected with a virus that causes mouth and nail disease (PMK).

Head of the West Java Province Food and Livestock Security Service (DKPP), Moh Arifin Soedjayana, said that the population of split-toed cattle infected with FMD was not significant. infected quite significantly.