Of The 530 Infected, Only 42 Livestock In South Kalimantan Were Exposed To FMD, The City Government Has Controlled The Outbreak Value

Illustration of health workers examining livestock suspected of mouth and nail disease (FMD). (Antara-Riski apriyani)

KALSEL - The Provincial Government of South Kalimantan (Kalsel) stated that the outbreak of mouth and nail disease (PMK) in livestock in the province has been controlled. Of the 530 livestock detected by FMD, currently only 42 are left.

According to the Head of the Plantation and Livestock Service Office of South Kalimantan Province, Suparmi, the FMD outbreak attacked livestock in four districts in this province.

The four districts that were attacked by the FMD outbreak were Tanah Laut, Hulu Sungai Tengah (HST), Hulu Sungai Utara (HSU), and Tabalong.

"The cases are spread across 11 sub-districts and 28 villages in the four regencies," he said in Banjarmasin, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, July 13.

Of the 530 livestock exposed to the FMD, in Tanah Laut Regency there were 486, Hulu Sungai Tengah (HST) 33, Hulu Sungai Utara four, and Tabalong seven.

With serious handling according to the instructions of the Governor of South Kalimantan Sahbirin Noor, now it can be controlled. Because, currently only 42 tails are still being treated (sick) and most of them are cows.

While the rest, he said, as many as 462 tails recovered, 19 were forced to cut and seven died. "So far there are no additional PMK cases in this province, we are very serious about winning this," he said.

Handling that has been done is by vaccinating livestock from the central government as much as 4,717 doses of PMK vaccine last June.

Meanwhile, Assistant for Government and People's Welfare, Nurul Fajar Desira, said he was grateful that the FMD outbreak in South Kalimantan was under control, so that the celebration of Eid al-Adha 1443 Hijriah went smoothly.

"Alhamdulillah, the implementation of the slaughter of sacrificial animals on this year's Eid al-Adha has gone smoothly and the public can slaughter sacrificial animals safely, with the supervision of the provincial and district/city health inspection teams for sacrificial animals," he said.