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Indonesia won’t control FMD outbreak in medium term

INDONESIA won’t get rid of Foot and Mouth Disease in the short or medium term, Australian farmers were told in a Victorian Farmers Federation webinar tonight.

More than 700 farmers attended the webinar moderated by VFF president Emma Germano.

Head of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries National Animal Disease Taskforce Dr Chris Parker said the worry with FMD in Indonesia is that there is active infection in environments that have had no infection before.

“They’ve been free since 1986, there are lots of animals that have never been exposed and they’re not…

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