FMD Might Have Existed Since 2015

The document received by Kompas also contains a collection of photos of sick pigs with clinical symptoms of FMD. From the photos, it can be seen that the pig under study had sores in the foot and mouth.

KOMPAS/YOLA SASTRA

The vaccinator injects the oral and foot disease vaccine (PMK) in cows in the pen of the Livestock Breeding Unit of the Padang City Agriculture Service, Air Pacah Village, Koto Tangah District, Padang, West Sumatra, Wednesday (29/6/2022).

An investigation conducted by Kompas daily indicates that foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), which attacks livestock, may have been in the country since 2015.