FMD vaccines are to be ready before August, according to the Indonesian Agriculture Minister
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Indonesia
Published May 24, 2022
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Jakarta (ANTARA) - The production of vaccines against the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in livestock is expected to be completed before August this year and will be followed by a mass vaccination program, the Agriculture Minister has confirmed.
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"God Willing that at present, the Agriculture Ministry's Veterinary Pharmacy Center is currently conceiving the FMD vaccine that is expected to be complete in four months, or before August 2022," Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo said during a hearing meeting with Commission IV of the House of Representatives (DPR RI) here on Monday. The Veterinary Pharmacy Center has identified the virus serotype that has caused the FMD outbreak in Indonesia as the O/ME-SA/Ind-2001e variant, which is often found in Southeast Asia, he informed. Based on the virus serotype, the authority will produce vaccines from domestic sources to fulfill the demand for the mass vaccination of livestock against the disease, the minister said. The vaccination program will start once the vaccine is mass-produced, he said, adding that the vaccinated animals will be those that have potentially been infected with FMD. According to data from the Agriculture Ministry, as of May 17, 2022, at least 3.9 million ...
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