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Officials fight Jembrana disease found in Jambi cattle
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Prime commodity: Cattle traders wait for buyers at Kajen animal market in Pekalongan regency, Central Java, on Aug.2. (Antara/Harviyan Perdana Putra)
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uthorities are striving to tackle Jembrana disease, an acute viral cattle disease that is common in Bali and is now affecting cattle in Jambi.
The city’s Agriculture and Food Security Agency said Jembrana disease had recently caused the sudden death of around 20-30 cattle in the capital city of the Sumatran province, also named Jambi.
“We have continued to make efforts to prevent the disease from spreading further,” the agency’s animal husbandry director, Said Abubakar, said on Friday.
He said the Jambi administration had received many reports on sudden livestock deaths from cattle breeders in the city. The breeders reported that their cattle had died suddenly, although they had been healthy.
Said explained that cattle affected by Jembrana disease usually showed several symptoms, such as shivering, a high body temperature and hard and blood-stained feces.
“We have asked all cattle breeders to maintain the cleanliness of their cattle pens,” he said. Unclean pens was one of the factors that could lead to sudden death in livestock, he added.
Said further said that the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Agency was striving to contain the spread of Jembrana disease by supplying cattle with vitamins.
“We hope the disease will not affect the supply of cattle ahead of Idul Adha [the Islamic Day of Sacrifice],” he said. (ebf)
