POULTRYINDONESIA, Bogor – Agricultural Research and Development Agency of Indonesia (Balitbangtan) held World Soil day at Center of Agricultural Resource (BBSDLP), Bogor, Thursday (5/12). In this event, Balitbangtan also released peat-land maps 1:50.000, Smart Soil Sensing Kit, and Agricultural War Room (AWR). Another invention that also released from poultry health was Bivalen Avian Influenza (AI) H5N1 Vaccine, HPAI and LPAI combination vaccine, Newcastle Disease (ND) GTT/11 vaccine, as well as ELISA DIVA which is diagnostic kit that helps for differentiate between vaccination reaction and AI infection itself at Center for Veterinary Research (BBLitvet), Bogor.

Dr. Syahrul Yasin Limpo, MH as Minister of Agriculture hope that this brand-new vaccines will trigger national livestock and animal health sector to produce livestock product with excellent quality. “I hope that every employee in Ministry of Agriculture could provide massive contribution in their field. In addition, with the development of new vaccines, it will help to maintain our poultry health, produce high quality food for our society, and able to compete with international product.

Agreed with Syahrul Yasin Limpo statement, Dr. drh. NLP Indi Dharmayanti, M.Si also hope that with the latest vaccine will promote poultry health, so they could increase both in population and production. Moreover, Indi also hope that the spread of AI virus in field could be controlled which will affect on public health too. Chusnul