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Malaysia joins Indonesia in suspending cattle from Australia

The challenge facing Australia to prove to trading partners it remains free of lumpy skin disease has deepened over night with confirmation that a second country has followed Indonesia in suspending cattle imports from Australia.

A calf with lumpy skin disease in east Java.

Indonesia recently announced it will not accept cattle from four registered export facilities in northern Australia after claiming cattle exported from Australia and handled through those yards had tested positive to lumpy skin disease after arriving in Indonesia.

Now Malaysia has followed suit but taken an even bigger…

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