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Authorities on alert for FMD after outbreaks across Java
FMD has spread to at least 30 of the 38 regencies of East Java, the province with the largest cattle population in the country.
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Agriculture Ministry officials visit a cattle barn in an area where foot-and-mouth disease cases were discovered in Gresik, East Java, on May 10, 2022. (Agriculture Ministry /-)
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egional administrations across Java are intensifying efforts to combat foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) after hundreds of animals were found to be infected across a number of regions on the island.
FMD is a highly infectious viral disease that affects hoofed mammals, including cows, goats and sheep. Animals with the disease may experience fever followed by the development of vesicles (blisters), chiefly on the mouth and feet.
FMD has spread to at least 30 of the 38 regencies of East Java, the province with the largest cattle population in the country. According to data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS), East Java housed approximately 5 million cattle in 2022, about 28 percent of the country’s total cattle population.
Lumajang regency in East Java has recorded some 900 cases of FMD in the past two months, with around 70 animal fatalities, nearly six times the entire January-to-October figure from last year.
The Lumajang Agriculture and Food Security Agency has deployed officials to test animals sold at livestock markets across the regency for the disease, as most of the infected animals exhibited symptoms shortly after being purchased from such markets.
Tulungagung regency, East Java, has announced it will close down its biggest livestock market for the next two weeks after finding around 70 FMD infections in cattle in the region.
"If the outbreak gets worse, we will consider extending the closure," Tulungagung Secretary Tri Hariadi said on Monday, as reported by tempo.co.
