FMD : breed and weight are critical to cattle survival in Indonesia.
The textbooks state that Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) while highly infectious, has a low mortality rate in adult cattle (5% ish) with up to 20% in very young stock due to heart complications.
While this statement is technically true, in the Indonesian experience at least, it is very misleading.
The photos below show a typical Indonesian case in which heavy cattle over the 400/450kg range suffer from a very high proportion of claw separation.
The blisters between the toes lead to separation of the hard claw which in…
