Make Sure PMK Free, Maluku Must Be A Veterinary At The Murban Cutting Location

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AMBON - The Maluku Provincial Agriculture Service deployed a team of veterinarians in several locations that will be used as places for slaughtering sacrificial animals on the celebration of Eid al-Adha 1443 Hijriah, to ensure that meat health is safe for consumption. "This has become a routine agenda every year in celebration of Eid al-Adha related to the examination of its meat after slaughtering sacrificial animals," said Fahmi Jusuf, Head of Livestock and Animal Health Division of the Maluku Province Agriculture Service, in Ambon, Friday, July 8. He said the team of veterinarians would be on standby at mosques that had been data in Ambon City, especially locations where animal slaughtering will be used. As in Ambon City, he continued, there are 16 points that will be monitored by the veterinary education team. According to him, the presence of a veterinarian when he went to the location to check the cut animal meat is really healthy, there is no disease in the meat, so it is suitable for consumption by the community. Regarding the spread of oral and nail disease (PMK), he said that until now the case has not been found in Maluku. "Even though in the midst of the conditions in some areas in Indonesia, there are many diseases and nails, but for Maluku Province until now there has not been found what is called PMK," he said, quoted by Antara. To prevent the transmission of animal diseases from outside the region, he continued, the Maluku Provincial Agriculture Service did not allow the entry of sacrificial animals from outside Maluku provinces. The Maluku Provincial Agriculture Office has also formed a post for PMK complaints, and can be contacted at any time to be served, therefore an appeal to the people of Ambon City and Maluku in general that there is no need to hesitate to consume meat. "I make sure that Maluku is free from PMK, hopefully with the supervision that in 16 gathering points in Ambon City can provide an illustration to the public that the animals sacrificed are safe for consumption," he said. Fahmi added that the need for sacrificial animals at the celebration of Eid al-Adha 1443 Hijriah in 2022 reached 1,233 people consisting of 515 cows, and 718 goats. "The number of cattle's needs increased by 10 percent