1,500 Cases Of Livestock Disease Reported In Bandung Regency, Most In West Java

Cattle Illustration (ANTARA)

BANDUNG - The West Java Provincial Government (Pemprov Jabar) is wary of methamphetamine, oral and nail disease (PMK), and cowpox in livestock ahead of Eid al-Adha in 2023, by continuing to actively monitor the field. "In addition to these diseases, we are also actively monitoring the case of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) on goats. New PPR is reported to have occurred in Sumatra, West Java, there is no such thing," said the Head of the UPTD for the Food and Livestock Security Service (DKPP) West Java Yoni Darmawan was quoted by ANTARA, Monday, June 26. Yuni said that currently the dynamics are cases of cowpox, and based on reports obtained there are three classifications of these cases. The first classification is the area with cases under 50, namely Bogor Regency, Depok City, Bekasi City, Cirebon City, West Bandung, Bogor City, Tasikmalaya City, Banjar City, Sukabumi City, and Cimahi City. The second classification is the area with a total number of cases 50 to 100 The suspects of chickenpox, namely Sukabumi Regency, Tasikmalaya Regency, Karawang Regency, and Ciamis. The third classification is the area with the number of cases above 100 in Bandung, Sumedang, Cianjur, Indramayu, Subang, Cirebon Regency, Kuningan, Garut, Purwakarta, Majalengka, and Pangandaran Regencies. "And in Bandung Regency there are 1.500 cases," he also said. According to Yoni, the data is still being confirmed to districts/cities because learning from PMK cases, the regions can be faster during the time reported there was a case, while if the livestock had recovered the report was slow. "From the breeders not reporting again, the officers did not go to the cage, so the reported numbers must be re-confirmed, it could be a little more," he said. According to him, from farmers whose livestock 50 and above there are no longer cases of PMK. However, there is one who has been infected with waterpox and it has only been a few days. "This case is related to animal traffic from Central Java and East Java, this is our strategy to control disease in regulating livestock traffic. It's not as easy as regulating people," he said again. He said three check points for livestock in Mount Sindur, Bogor then Losari, Indramayu and Banjar, according to him, the livestock senders were often not passed on economic grounds. "Many are reluctant to go through check points, now there is a toll road, so go directly to the destination area. "In Karawang there are cows from NTT, Bali, East Java, but they don't go into check points, just go outside the toll gate," he said. Even though the livestock traffic before Eid al-Adha rose, from the results of the examination of the animal health monitoring team in Greater Bandung and other districts/cities, it was confirmed that there were no sacrificial animals. who were exposed to the disease. "The results of the examination in Greater Bandung and other areas have not been reported to have been exposed to PMK, chickenpox or PPR disease," he said again. Head of the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Team of the West Java Health Office Yudi Koharudin said, although PMK is not contagious to humans, his party is still wary of the spread of other diseases which are a threat, one of which is optimistic. "If PMK does not infect humans, but there are some "The disease that we are coordinating continuously with the Livestock Service is related to antractics, for example," said Yudi. He said, antractic diseases have occurred in the Purwakarta, Subang, and Bogor areas. "And indeed, for this imaging we really have very intense coordination, even at the time. "Just supervision until it is escorted because this anti-extraction can be a biological weapon," he said again.

According to him, the processing of sacrificial meat must be carried out with the correct technical instructions. "You have WHO standards, how do we process meat for consumption, of course, with the technical instructions given. We have also conveyed it to districts/cities so that they can be informed to the public regarding us, we will welcome the implementation of the sacrifice," he also said.