Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) infection in Indonesia was officially announced on 3 March 2022. Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) infection was officially declared on 12 April.
Since that time, four months for LSD and three months for FMD, action to control both diseases has been slow, uncoordinated, under-funded and generally ineffective. For both diseases the most effective control method is vaccination. In both cases the vaccination response has been disappointing to say the least.
Sometime in the middle of June three million doses of FMD vaccine were imported into Indonesia. The government…
