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Thailand bans cattle imports from Myanmar

Thailand will maintain a ban on cattle and buffalo imports from Myanmar because of a foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak there. According to...

Indian buffalo meat guaranteed FMD-free

Indonesia’s State Logistics Agency (Bulog) guarantees that buffalo meat imports from India went through quality checks and are FMD-free. “We sent a team to...

Indonesia targets to finish FMD vaccination in 2023

To date 10 million animals, 25% of the total targeted, have been vaccinated against FMD. The target to complete vaccinations by end 2023 may...

Indonesia allocates USD69k for farmers hit by FMD

Dairy and beef cattle farmers in Bogor in West Java, Indonesia can return to farming now that the Agriculture Ministry has compensated them for...

West Java reports the most FMD cases

West Java had the highest number of FMD cases in Indonesia in 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture reported. Makmun, Secretary of the Directorate General...

Taiwan aims for disease-free status to boost pork exports

Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture announced on January 6 that it has eradicated FMD and Classical Swine Fever (CSF) from its herds and has kept...

Thailand’s beef cattle production to increase 5%

Beef cattle production in Thailand is expected to increase 5% to 1.5 million cattle or 251,000 tons in 2023 due to higher local and...

China donates FMD, LSD vaccines to Cambodia

China has donated 500,000 doses of FMD and 500,000 doses of LSD vaccines to help Cambodia control their spread. “We hope that these vaccines...

Feed cost, FMD impact WMP’s performance

High poultry feed cost and FMD have impacted the performance of the poultry and beef cattle businesses of Indonesia’s Widodo Makmur Perkasa (WMP). “We...

Imported FMD vaccines insufficient for Indonesia

Indonesia said the imported FMD vaccines are insufficient to keep its livestock healthy. It bought 29.6 million doses from France, China, Brazil, Argentina, Russia,...

India raises protection bars on transboundary viral diseases

India’s Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (Gadvasu) has organized a workshop on ‘Strategy on control and eradication of formidable transboundary animal...

More FMD vaccines arrive in Indonesia

Indonesia has received an additional three million doses of FMD vaccines from the Australian government. Penny Wong, Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, said the vaccines...

Lifting of beef cattle ban to Riau Islands welcomed

Meat traders welcomed the lifting of the ban on beef cattle movement to the Riau Islands province, Indonesia. Authorities imposed the ban due to...

Vietnam on high alert for ASF and FMD

Vietnamese producers are on high alert after authorities said ASF and FMD have recurred in many provinces. The Department of Animal Health also warned...

Indonesia vaccinates 3.85m animals against FMD

Indonesia has vaccinated more than 3.85 million animals against FMD as of October 11. Cattle accounts for 91%, pigs (3%), goats (3%), buffaloes (2%)...

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