Hoof-and-Mouth Disease Reappears

If the disease spread to other regencies/cities in East Java, one of the country’s major meat-producing regions, it would threaten food security, especially of animal proteins.

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Veterinary officers carry out pregnancy checks on cattle belonging to farmers in Boyolangu Village, Banyuwangi, Tuesday (16/6/2020). The Banyuwangi Agriculture and Food Security Service held free medical treatment as an effort to prevent infectious diseases in brood cows.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — A total of 1,247 cows in the East Java regencies of Gresik, Lamongan, Sidoarjo and Mojokerto have reportedly contracted hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD; HMD in Indonesian), the first time since 1991, when the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) declared Indonesia HMD-free.

The Agriculture Ministry has dispatched a team to investigate the reported HMD cases. The ministry’s livestock and animal health director general, Nasrullah, said on Friday (6/5/2022) that the directorate was investigating the disease.