Bio securities Handling Mouth and Nail Diseases as an Idea for Scientific Work 

Mouth and Nail Diseases (FMD) is currently rampantly infecting cattle in Indonesia. This problem has become a hot topic of discussion among livestock actors, ranging from breeders, agencies, and veterinarians, to academics who have discussed many ways to find solutions. 

According to the Lecturer of the Faculty of Animal Science Universitas Brawijaya (Fapet UB), Dr. Ac Prize Rachmawati, S.Pt., M.Si. One of the proper ways to handle PMK is to pay attention to bio-security. This includes the cleanliness of the cages, livestock, food and drink containers, and cage staff. 

“Cleanliness and a sterile environment are effective in avoiding diseases caused by this virus. It is the same with the Covid-19 case which requires maintaining cleanliness, such as diligently washing hands with soap, wearing masks, and immediately changing clothes when leaving the house,” explained Ac Prize

“Therefore, in addition to increasing livestock immunity by providing quality feed and vitamins, farmers must also be concerned about biosecurity. Both the cage staff and visitors must be clean, so they don’t become virus carriers.” continued

, security sterilization can be carried out as in closed house chicken coops. Where visitors and officers use special clothes and shoes, then sprayed with disinfectant. 

Ac Prize said that biosecurity for the management of PMK is very interesting and can be used as scientific work. He conveyed this when he was a resource person in a scientific paper review event (KTI) organized by the Scientific Student Activity Unit at the Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Brawijaya (Fapet UB) called the Student Scientific Group (KIM), Friday (27/5/2022).

KTI study is a monthly routine activity intended for all members of KIM and Fapet UB students, in order to provide ideas in the field of animal husbandry that can be used as material for participating in writing competitions or student creativity programs (PKM). So that student are updated about the latest livestock conditions and technology and have a picture that is intended as the object of the paper. (dta)