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AustralianCountryLife
June 9, 2022
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SE Asia Report: FMD vaccine desperately needed to avert Indo catastrophe

Ross Ainsworth's SE Asia Report

See Bahasa Indonesia translation

 

See Vietnamese translation

 

102nd Edition : May 2022

Key Points

  • Foot & Mouth vaccine is desperately needed in Indonesia to prevent catastrophe.
  • Continuing to import Australian cattle into Indonesia makes no sense until adequate vaccine supplies are available to protect them immediately on arrival.

 

Indonesia : Slaughter Steers AUD $5.19/kg live weight (Rp10,600 = $1AUD)

The cattle markets in Indonesia are understandably in turmoil as a result of the rapidly spreading Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) epidemic. I will use Rp55,000 per kg live weight…

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