Officials on anthrax alert

Officials on anthrax alert

JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta Husbandry Office will monitor all
abattoirs -- but particularly the goat abattoir in Pasar Tanah
Abang -- in anticipation of anthrax spreading to the capital,
beritajakarta.com reported on Friday.

Head of the Central Jakarta Husbandry Office Sigit said that
his office will also check on the health certificates of various
goat farmers in the area.

"Goat farmers must show us proof of their goats' health by
showing health certificates issued by veterinarians from the
animals' place of origin," he said.

Sigit said his office had vaccinated some 80 cows
from the Gunung Sahari area this week, and that it would carry
out further vaccinations in the region to prevent the spread of
the disease. --JP