Wahyu Dwi Anggoro
Agriculture Counsellor at the Australian Embassy, Dane Roberts, said he was pleased to see the vaccines donated by Australia were helping.
“Over the course of the past year, Australia has supplied one million vaccines to our neighbours here in Indonesia – vaccines that are now finding their way into Indonesia’s cattle population and protecting farmers’ livelihoods,” said Roberts.
“Australia remains free from LSD. Given the close and mutually beneficial trade between Australia and Indonesia in beef and live cattle, it’s vital that we work together to combat these biosecurity challenges in our region and protect our livestock industries.”
LSD is spread by mosquitos, biting flies and ticks, and severely affects cattle and water buffalo. It affects milk production and produces sores all over the bodies of infected animals. (WHY)
