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SMALL POSSIBILITY ANTHRAX AFFECTS COWS IN BOJONEGORO
Bojonegoro, E Java, Nov 14 (ANTARA) - There is a small possibility of anthrax infecting the 110,936 cows in Bojonegoro, East Java, a local official said.
"East Java, especially Bojonegoro, has not been an anthrax endemic area for a long time now. There's only a small chance for the disease to spread to Bojonegoro," Head of the Bojonegoro Animal Husbandry and Fishery Office, Tukiwa Yusa, said here Friday.
In the days toward the Idul Adha (Muslim day of sacrifice), animal monitoring has been stepped up in Bojonegoro and other areas where livestock come in and out of East Java to Central Java the other way around.
Anthrax carrying animals are marked by bleeding noses, ears, and vaginas. "(We) should be alert and aware of such symptoms on an animal," he said.
But anthrax had never been found in cows from Bojonegoro and other areas in East Java. So people must not be afraid in this case. With the 'Idul Adha' coming up, alertness for anthrax should be stepped up by the population and ranches in Bojonegoro, he said.
Tukiwa said that he did not know the exact number of animals coming to and leaving East Java via the monitoring post at Padangan sub-district. But not many cows passed Bojonegoro.
"East Java, especially Bojonegoro, has not been an anthrax endemic area for a long time now. There's only a small chance for the disease to spread to Bojonegoro," Head of the Bojonegoro Animal Husbandry and Fishery Office, Tukiwa Yusa, said here Friday.
In the days toward the Idul Adha (Muslim day of sacrifice), animal monitoring has been stepped up in Bojonegoro and other areas where livestock come in and out of East Java to Central Java the other way around.
Anthrax carrying animals are marked by bleeding noses, ears, and vaginas. "(We) should be alert and aware of such symptoms on an animal," he said.
But anthrax had never been found in cows from Bojonegoro and other areas in East Java. So people must not be afraid in this case. With the 'Idul Adha' coming up, alertness for anthrax should be stepped up by the population and ranches in Bojonegoro, he said.
Tukiwa said that he did not know the exact number of animals coming to and leaving East Java via the monitoring post at Padangan sub-district. But not many cows passed Bojonegoro.
