Unique, Breeders In This Area Make Traditional Ingredients To Prevent PMK

Deputy Governor of Central Java Taj Yasin Maimoen/Photo: Antara

SEMARANG - Deputy Governor of Central Java Taj Yasin Maimoen appreciates the innovation of a number of breeders in Blora Regency in the form of traditional ingredients that can increase livestock endurance so as to avoid mouth and nail disease (FMD) outbreaks.

"Yesterday the vaccine to prevent FMD had not come down and the cows were exposed, so farmers innovated by trying to make traditional ingredients. The raw materials are ginger, binahong leaves, pace, and others, these ingredients are made to deal with FMD," he said in Semarang, Tuesday, June 28. .

He said various efforts were made by the government and the community to prevent the spread of FMD that attacked several types of livestock.

These efforts include the provision of vaccinations and the provision of herbs or traditional ingredients that are efficacious in increasing the immunity of livestock to avoid exposure to FMD.

Deputy Governor Taj Yasin hoped that the innovation of traditional ingredients, which received support and assistance from the Blora Regency Government, could be transmitted to farmers in Blora and its surroundings. Besides the process is easy, he said, raw materials are easy to obtain and relatively safe for consumption by livestock, especially cattle.

Along with the outbreak of FMD in various regions in Indonesia, he appealed to breeders who would sell livestock to check the health condition of their animals.

If you experience symptoms that lead to PMK, he continued, you must immediately report to the local Animal Husbandry and Health Service officer.

"To be safer, we take care of it together and if someone dies, don't just throw it away because there is a rule, namely to be buried," he said, quoted by Antara.

Head of the Livestock and Animal Health Service of Central Java Province, Agus Wariyanto, added that the Central Java Provincial Government has distributed 75 thousand FMD prevention vaccines to 35 districts/cities throughout Central Java, including Blora Regency as many as 11 thousand vaccines.

"Blora Regency received the most PMK vaccine compared to other regions in Central Java because of the readiness of medical personnel and the high cattle population in the local area," he said.