Bogor vaccinates thousands of cattle

Bogor vaccinates thousands of cattle

Theresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Bogor

Anticipating an increasing demand for meat at the end of this
year, Bogor agricultural and husbandry agency vaccinated around
11,000 heads of livestock in the municipality to curb the spread
of anthrax.

The head of the health division at the agency, Herlien
Krisnaningsih, said there were five subdistricts in the
municipality that were prone to anthrax outbreaks.

The areas are Kebon Pedes in Tanah Sareal district and
Cimahpar, Ciparigi, Ciluar and Tanah Baru in Bogor Utara
district.

She said that 9,000 vaccines had been supplied by the West
Java administration, while the remaining 2,000 were supplied by
the agency.

The vaccinations started on Tuesday at a farm owned by
Maffudin in Kebon Pedes and another in Ciluar subdistrict
belonging to Dadang.

"None of my 28 goat or sheep had anthrax. Some of them fell
sick two months ago but we immediately vaccinated all the
livestock. We don't mind having them vaccinated again. We are
thankful to the agency for the free vaccinations," Dadang said.

Herlien added that the agency also checked the health
certificates of meat shipped by 10 regular suppliers in other
regions in Central Java upon arrival at the Bogor meat market
every Tuesday and Saturday.