Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan (Antara) - Banjarbaru Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Agency (Distankanhut) did not find heartworms in sacrificial cattle slaughtered during Eid al-Adha 1437 Hijri.
"We did not find heartworms at some sacrificial cows were slaughtered," said Head of Animal Husbandry of Banjarbaru Distankanhut Sugiyono here Monday.
He said his office with three veterinarians and a team from the South Kalimantan Livestock Agency checked the cows had been slaughtered in some slaughter points until Monday afternoon.
The inspection was done by taking a cow's internal organs, especially the liver, to determine whether there was liver parasites in the form of worms in cattle.
"There are six points that we visit and the number of slaughtered cattle were tens. Entirely no heartworms found in the heart we checked," he said.
Examination of internal organs or beef liver aimed to preventing the transmission of worms parasitic that can enter the human body if eaten.
"The internal organs, especially the liver of cattle that have been filled with worms should not be consumed, but only a part of his heart, while the meat may be consumed," he said.
According to him, the team still continues to conduct an examination of sacrificial cows because the slaughtering not entirely coincide with Eid al-Adha, but some others to be slaughtered at one or two days later.
"We are still conducting searches to a sacrificial cow slaughter in the next two days and will examine the internal organs of cattle to determine heartworms," he said.
