Heart worm Animals Attack Victim

Approaching Iedul Adha Feast, County Government Animal Husbandry Department (Pemkab) Gresik, East Java appealed to the public wary of animal diseases, mainly heart worm attack many sacrificial animals. For diseases that can harm human health at increased qurban last year.
"Based on the results of sacrificial animals on idul Adha last year, heart worm disease most common. We are concerned because this liver worm disease can be fatal to those who consume health care," said Chief Animal Health Section of Animal Husbandry Department of Gresik, Nunungdiyah Sulistiyowati, Thursday ( 12/11).

Nunung confirmed, the disease including malignancies when attacked. Even thought could interfere with liver function effects pets if consumed can cause poisoning in humans. "We are giving early warning to people who want to make sacrifices to be careful selecting the sacrificial animals," he said.

Nunung disclosed, the potential for livestock in Gresik that developing the disease, including large animals. Moreover, the number of Gresik became the seasonal animal traders who came from Lamongan, Tulungagung, Trenggalek, Ponorogo, Malang, Lumajang, and Kediri. "Gresik always source merchants kroban animals. Perhaps because the city of Gresik Industrial qurban many animals need," he added.

Last year the number of traders at four seasonal points total of 103 people with tails 3401 goats, 373 sheep's tail, and cow's tail 188. Certain seasonal animal traders this year the number rose 10 percent, the high enthusiasm for the needs of citizens Gresik sacrifice animals before Idul Adha.
Meanwhile, to avoid the circulation of diseased animals, said it had sent their Nunung 22 team examiners livestock animal traders with fixed targets, and seasonal traders, as well as a number of companies. The first region includes Petrokimia Gresik, and Tlogodendo, then the two village areas Tlogopojok, Father, Manyar to Sembayat, Sub Shamans and three territories, the Great Market Gresik, power plant, and merchants along the road impromptu Gresik protocol.

Livestock population in Gresik per month reached 47 thousand for cows, sheep goat 52,074 and 29,649 thousand tails. "That should be enough potential infiltrated unhealthy animals. We hope the seller qurban animal origin do not sell, if you already know there are illnesses that are not on sale because it would danger the community at large."