Staying Alert on the Spread of Foot and Mouth Disease
November 16
3min read
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) has Indonesia in the international spotlight after its first case discovery last May. Breaking its declaration of being disease-free in 1986, the Foot and Mouth disease has spread in 26 provinces of Indonesia. So far, it has affected 575,123 livestock, in which 10,000 were killed and 12,760 slaughtered.
Foot and Mouth Disease is a highly contagious disease with 90-100% transmission rate. It affects cloven-hoof livestock, such as cattle, goats, camels, deers, swine, and sheep. The disease causes livestock to develop fever, excessive drool, and got blisters in certain body area. The clinical signs range from mild to severe depending on the livestock type.
The disease generally has a low effect on mortality and not transmittable to humans. However, animals are not the only carrier. The disease can also transmit through meat and dairy products, agricultural products, machinery, and transportation.
How Indonesia Mitigates the Spread of Foot and Mouth Disease
Even though Foot and Mouth Disease is curable, it often leads to reduced feed intake, weakened animals, and a milk production drop in dairy cows. The animals that have recovered from the disease may also initiate new outbreaks due to the insistent virus. The disease also cause farmers to having trouble exporting non-livestock products and resulting economic losses.
To handle the outbreak, Indonesia may require around 9.9 trillion Indonesian Rupiah per year. The Government of Indonesia initiates an international collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Australia to import 10 thousand doses of vaccines to prevent more livestock from getting infected.
So far, the amount of vaccinated animals has reached more than 5.8 millions livestock, mainly from small-holder farm sector which dominates the cattle industry in Indonesia. Aside from vaccination, the Government of Indonesia implements four more strategies to suppress the disease transmission, including Biosecurity, testing, treatment, and conditional slaughter.
By the end of October, a total of 11 provinces are already free from Foot and Mouth Disease: Lampung, West Sulawesi, Bali, Riau Islands, Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Jakarta, Banten, South Sumatra, and Aceh. The Government of Indonesia targeted to be completely disease free by the end of the year.
There is no better time to implement Biosecurity than the time an outbreak has already occured. Click here to find your Biosecurity solution with Bahtera.
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) has Indonesia in the international spotlight after its first case discovery last May. Breaking its declaration of being disease-free in 1986, the Foot and Mouth disease has spread in 26 provinces of Indonesia. So far, it has affected 575,123 livestock, in which 10,000 were killed and 12,760 slaughtered.
Foot and Mouth Disease is a highly contagious disease with 90-100% transmission rate. It affects cloven-hoof livestock, such as cattle, goats, camels, deers, swine, and sheep. The disease causes livestock to develop fever, excessive drool, and got blisters in certain body area. The clinical signs range from mild to severe depending on the livestock type.
The disease generally has a low effect on mortality and not transmittable to humans. However, animals are not the only carrier. The disease can also transmit through meat and dairy products, agricultural products, machinery, and transportation.
How Indonesia Mitigates the Spread of Foot and Mouth Disease
Even though Foot and Mouth Disease is curable, it often leads to reduced feed intake, weakened animals, and a milk production drop in dairy cows. The animals that have recovered from the disease may also initiate new outbreaks due to the insistent virus. The disease also cause farmers to having trouble exporting non-livestock products and resulting economic losses.
To handle the outbreak, Indonesia may require around 9.9 trillion Indonesian Rupiah per year. The Government of Indonesia initiates an international collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Australia to import 10 thousand doses of vaccines to prevent more livestock from getting infected.
So far, the amount of vaccinated animals has reached more than 5.8 millions livestock, mainly from small-holder farm sector which dominates the cattle industry in Indonesia. Aside from vaccination, the Government of Indonesia implements four more strategies to suppress the disease transmission, including Biosecurity, testing, treatment, and conditional slaughter.
By the end of October, a total of 11 provinces are already free from Foot and Mouth Disease: Lampung, West Sulawesi, Bali, Riau Islands, Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Jakarta, Banten, South Sumatra, and Aceh. The Government of Indonesia targeted to be completely disease free by the end of the year.
There is no better time to implement Biosecurity than the time an outbreak has already occured. Click here to find your Biosecurity solution with Bahtera.