Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Indo: Bengkulu - Mukomuko checkpoint operated animals immediately

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Mukomuko (Bengkulu Reuters) - Government Mukomuko district, Bengkulu province in April 2012 will ensure that operates an integrated post for veterinary checks in the area.

Head of Livestock Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Plantation and Forestry District Mukomuko Mukomuko Elsandi on Tuesday said it will put
four farm workers in rotation in the post for conducting health checks carried into the car from outside this area.

He said, with a unified postal operated, located near the border with West Sumatra, then the next is no longer a vehicle transporting animals without proper veterinary health certificate must be transported out of this area.

"All the cattle-laden vehicle" check points "in the first post in order to ensure an integrated luggage and having been declared safe by a new animal health workers into this area. This we do to anticipate the bird flu virus in Mukomuko," he said.

So far, it deliberately did not build two integrated check post near the border veterinary districts / cities in the province of Bengkulu because every animal in this area can still be monitored.

"Quite an integrated post veterinary checks at the border of West Sumatra was established just outside of the province given the oversight is hard to do," he said.

Related to this is it in the near future, will conduct socialization of animal diseases, especially bird flu to people more easily recognize and immediately report to the local farm workers.

"The plan is Head of Department on Monday (12/3) evening and then would socialize at one of the local radio this area, but not so that the activity will be rescheduled so that the knowledge about health and animal diseases known to the public," he said.

In addition, it is also distributing flyers to the community on procedures symptoms of bird flu affected poultry as well as efforts were made to the dangerous virus is not contagious to humans.

He said he would routinely spraying disinfectants against poultry cages owned by farmers who are near and far with human settlements, so that this area will be protected from bird flu cases, he said.

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