HUNDREDS OF ANIMAL RABIES VECTOR IN GULINGAN VILLAGE WERE SUCCESSFULLY VACCINATED IN THE COMMEMORATION OF WORLD RABIES DAY AND THE 40TH BKKH FKH UDAYANA FKH

LPM SS – In the context of World Rabies Day and the 40th BKKH FVM, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Udayana University collaborates with the District Agriculture and Food Service. Badung, PDHI Bali, and the Concerned Veterinary Doctors Forum (FDHP) held community service activities in the form of vaccination, IEC, and sterilization of Animals Transmitting Rabies (HPR) as an effort to eliminate rabies in Bali on Friday (6/10) with funding from Institute of Research and Community Services Udayana University and Master of Veterinary Science Program Study. A number of invited guests, including the Badung Regency Agriculture and Food Service, Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas, the Head of Gulingan Village, and the Head of Gulingan Elementary School also accompanied this activity. The service activity took place in one of the tourist villages in Bali, namely Gulingan Village, Mengwi District, Badung Regency.

The choice of Gulingan Village as the location of service was not without reason. Dean of FVM Unud, Prof. Dr. drh. I Nyoman Suartha, M.Si., said that as a tourist village, the people of Gulingan Village are obliged to provide a sense of security and comfort to tourists, one of which is by ensuring that the village is free from rabies.

"... one indicator that a tourist village is safe is that the village is free from the threat of rabies," he said.

In order to create a rabies-free village, FVM Unud together with other interested parties is promoting efforts to prevent rabies, including vaccination, IEC (communication, information and education), as well as reducing the dog and cat population through sterilization programs.

 

 

The rabies vaccination program targets 13 Banjars in Gulingan Village, including Banjar Angkeb Canging, Babakan Kangin, Babakan Kawan, Badung, Batulumbung, Dharmayasa, Lebah Sari, Munggu, Sedahan, Tengah Kaler, Tengah Kelod, Ulun Uma Badung, Ulun Uma Wedan. Each banjar is assigned 4-5 vaccinators with the number of rabies vaccines provided being approximately 100 vaccine doses. Vaccination is not only concentrated in the banjar but is also carried out door-to-door in the neighborhood around the banjar. It was found that the number of HPR who were successfully vaccinated was 530 dogs and 44 cats.

 

 

 

 

The IEC program implemented is in the form of rabies outreach activities to children at three elementary schools, namely SDN 3, SDN 4, and SDN 6 Gulingan. This outreach contains education for children about animals that transmit rabies, their characteristics, as well as prevention and initial treatment of HPR bites. As a vulnerable age, children must know how dangerous rabies is. This early education is an important element for the success of rabies control programs in the future.

Apart from vaccination and IEC, a dog and cat sterilization program is also being held which is focused on Banjar Munggu. The concentration is carried out so that veterinarians can supervise the animals concerned from the time they are anesthetized until they regain consciousness. It is known that the number of HPR sterilized was 16, consisting of 8 dog castrations, 2 cat castrations, and 6 bitches ovariohysterectomies (OH). The aim of sterilization is to reduce the number of HPR populations so that they can suppress the spread of the rabies virus.

 

 

Not only the rabies exemption program, FVM Unud also provides health services in the form of examination and treatment of skin diseases for 17 dogs and cats in Banjar Munggu. Also distributed were 40 bottles of skin shampoo, which is one of the research products from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Udayana University.

The entire series of community service activities carried out by FVM Unud was welcomed well and enthusiastically by the community. It is hoped that the implementation of this activity will increase awareness of all levels of society regarding the dangers of rabies. Let's together take part in realizing a rabies-free world by 2030!!

Author: Wanda -LPM SS