in east java cattle are dying in droves
dozens of cows have been buried in this
area alone at a loss of around two
thousand dollars each countless more
cattle are sick
look at these blisters one farmer says
as he points to the telltale signs of
foot and mouth disease
until this year indonesia had been free
of the highly infectious disease for
decades since its detection in april it
spread to 21 provinces authorities are
also fighting to keep foot and mouth out
of feedlots where australian cattle are
sold and slaughtered
infected animal it must be shut down
nothing can come in or out
now most alarming for australia comes
confirmation the disease is in several
regions of bali where cattle often roam
in tourist areas a tourist could walk
out of their villa walk through the
saliva get in get some material on their
feet get into taxi go to the airport and
be in darwin
three hours later
so great is the risk some livestock
experts say tourists should be banned
from bali or face stricter measures on
flights to australia a foot bath that
you walk through
it's not not onerous just some sponges
with disinfectants in them indonesia has
begun vaccinating up to 18 million
animals though not yet in bali australia
is one of several countries offering to
donate vaccines or expertise
australia has been free of foot and
mouth disease for more than a century
but is arguably the greatest threat to
the cattle industry if even one animal
is infected with a disease now on
australia's doorstep that risk is higher
than ever ann barker abc news jakarta
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