Re: General Indonesia News Sept. 10+
Re: General Indonesia News Sept. 10+
[The following posts will tie in the Anthrax outbreak, a KLB declaration, and 3,450 poultry, all in the location of Kupang.]
Anthrax Situation in NTT
2 Articles.
The Baru city, Ende Sterilized
ENDE, PK ?? To prevent spread him the anthrax illness, the agricultural Service and Ende Regency Livestock Breeding carried out the sterilisation of several villages in the New City Subdistrict that was the territory of the anthrax illness.
This sterilisation action took the form of the ban on the movement in and out of the animal from and to the Kota Baru Subdistrict territory.
The head of Administration (KTU) the Pertanian Service and Kabupaten Ende Livestock Breeding, Geradus M. Kando, that was met by the
Kupang Post in his office, on Monday (
29/10/2007), mentioned, the village that was attacked by the anthrax illness namely the Tou Timur Village and the Kota Baru Village.
Geradus said, from the related service dropped the team to the location of the incident on Monday off (29/10/2007) was led by Section Head Pertanian and Kabupaten Ende Livestock Breeding, Ir. Don Randa Ma.
The team will carry out medical treatment and the vaccination against animals in the location of the incident and around it.
The team had a membership of the Sub Bidang Produksi Head of Livestock Breeding, Ir Uran Mihidin, drh.
Regina (the veterinary surgeon in the Pertanian Service and Kabupaten Ende Livestock Breeding), and several staffs.
The team coordinated Officially Kesehatan of the Ende Regency in order to overcomes the attack of the anthrax illness.
\Dinkes for human medical treatment, the Pertanian Service and Livestock Breeding for medical treatment hewan,\he said.
The Section Head (Kadis) Agriculture and Kabupaten Ende Livestock Breeding, Ir Don Randa Ma, that it was confirmed the Kupang Post pertelepon to the Tou Timur Village, Kecamatan Kota Baru said, the Baru City territory and surrounding area were the endemic area of the anthrax illness.
So, he continued, every year the health service carried out the vaccination.
Especially for the affected animal anthrax in the Tou Timur Village very big the possibility of his owner did not bring their animals was vaccinated, because last March 2007 Dinas Pertanian and Kabupaten Ende Livestock Breeding telahmelakukan the animal vaccination belonging to the community in the Kota Baru Subdistrict.
Now drh.
Regina said, his side on Monday (29/10/2007) gave the vaccine and medical treatment for animals that was in the location of the occurrence of anthrax and sekitra him.
The number of animals in the location of the incident that divaksin, mentioned Regina, totalling 100 animals.
"In a radius of four kilometre, big the possibility" of the "anthrax illness will spread."
To prevent him, was given by us the vaccine of animals that was around the location of the incident.
We gave the vaccine 50 animals, said Regina.
About the deadline of the vaccine activity, Regina said, the team will do the animal vaccine in several places that were believed in was the endemic area of the anthrax illness.
He also explained, the Pertanian Service and Kabupaten Ende Livestock Breeding have established the Command Post in the Kota Baru Subdistrict.
This command post had a function of monitoring the development of the anthrax illness in the Kota Baru Subdistrict territory.
Separately, drh.
Said Kasim Johan, that was met in the Pertanian Service office and Kabupaten Ende Livestock Breeding, said, the anthrax illness was known in three types that is, anthrax kutanius (anthrax that attacked skin), anthrax visceral (the anthrax kind that attacked the digestion) and anthrax respirat (the anthrax kind that attacked breathing).
The case of anthrax in the Tou Timur Village, he continued, he did not yet know precisely the anthrax kind that attacked the animal.
Anticipated the possibility of happening anthrax, said Said, the owner of the livestock in order to maintain the cleanliness of the pen and routinely do the vaccine, at least six months very much.
Said appealed to the community that found the animal dying really should not consume this animal meat because big the possibility of the animal was affected by anthrax.
According to Said, the anthrax illness could remain till 70 years in the land and if the animal that was affected by anthrax was only buried and was not scattered with the lime as well as was burnt, then the illness will come back ate casualties when the land in the location pengubran the animal was dug up or hijacked.
Has diobati
Section Head Kesehatan of the Ende Regency, drg.
Dominikus on Sunday Mere, said, 325 people who were affected by the sign of the anthrax illness as a result of consuming water buffalo meat were given by medical treatment.
From 325 people, 131 people in the Wolotou Village, Desa Tou Timur, 56 people in the Wolobale Village, Desa Kota Baru, and the Kota Baru Village 1, the Kota Baru Village totalling 138 people.
Medical treatment for 325 residents in the Baru City, was like this Dominikus, as efforts to prevent in order to not sacrifice humankind resulting from the anthrax illness.
To treat the affected resident the sign of the anthrax illness, said Dominikus, his side dropped the medical team from the service off and was helped by the medical staff in the Kota Baru Community Health Centre.
NTT Endemic Anthrax
To be based on records history, Province NTT resemble one of region endemic anthrax. Sickness anthrax already happen on Pulau Flores (not include Regency Flores Timu), Sumba, Timor, Sabu. A few island that not be document history anthrax namely island Alor, Pantar, Lembata, Solor and Adonara.
Thus Chief Dinas Peternakan Propinsi NTT, Ir Y Ch Leyloh, M.Si, to pass through Kepala Sub Dinas (Kasubdin) Health Hewan, drh. Maria Geong, Ph.D that met in kantornya, Monday (29/10/2007).
Wilayah Subdistrict Kota Baru Regency Ende consititue region endemic anthrax. In year 2006, Dinas Peternakan NTT send some 20,000 doses vaccine anthrax for livestock that be in region endemic, bad the only one in Regency Ende.
"I not to know how the carrying out of vaccine in field because until moment this not be report from Regency Ende. When vaccinatio run good, then sickness anthrax do not happen again. Not there be a choice different towards avoid anthrax just with vaccination anthrax year 2007 now Ende can allocate 20,000 doses vaccine anthrax,", said Maria Geong.
Maria meet related tens people in village Wolotou Subdistrict Kota Baru, Regency Ende struck with illness anthrax after consuming meet water buffalo which die.
Maria say she understand resident Kota Baru hit sickness anthrax from Kepala Dinas Health Kabupaten Ende, drg. Dominikus Minggu Mete, M.Kes. "Doctor Domi supply his side already to reduce team in order to treat them that struck with anthrax," he said.
Based on notes history anthrax, clear Maria Geong, there is several regions endemic disease anthrax in Kabupaten Ende, yakni Kecamatan Wewaria, Mautenda and Kecamatan Kota Baru.
She to make clear, 10 year past otherwise 1997, occur anthrax in Kota Baru, Maurole and Mautenda, last year 2003 occur again in Kota Baru, year 2004 in Kecamatan Wewaria that is in Desa Detubela, when those 14 people to be treated and two people died world.
Maria explained, anthrax usually happens entered the dry season in October till February.
In the dry season, he continued, grass-rumputsudah began to be dry so as the livestock grazed dry, while anthrax spores could penetrate the land around five centimeter (cm) to 10 cm So as could when the livestock grazed dry, the spores took part in being eaten. Now in the rain season, the erosion of the land because of the rain water could happen so as spores emerged to the surface of the land.
Maria proposed, the characteristics of the animal that is affected by anthrax usually had the time difference that was short with death time so as to die suddenly without being seen by the sign, except to his sign pig the swelling in the neck and suffered the fever.
300,000 doses antraks
Maria mentioned, last 2006 was prepared by 300,000 doses of the anthrax vaccine for 11 regencies namely the Kupang Regency, Timor Be Utara (TTU), Ende respectively as many as 20,000 doses, Flores Timur (East Flores) 25,000 doses, Ngada 85,000 doses, Manggarai 30,000 doses, Manggarai Barat 5,000 doses, Sumba Timur 15,000 doses, Sumba Barat 75,000 doses, Rote Ndao 10,000 doses and stock 10,000 doses.
During this 2007, continued Maria, was provided by 145,000 doses of anthrax for NTT namely Kupang and Sikka respectively 10,000 doses, Ngada, Manggarai and Ende masing-masig 20,000 doses, Manggarai and Rote Ndao respectively 5000 doses, Sumba Barat 30,000 doses and stock 25,000 doses.
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