PMK Health Protocols for Vulnerable Animals Introduced

As background information, Indonesia has recently been affected by a serious outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (penyakit mulut dan kuku – “PMK”) and, according to the Minister of Agriculture, the current outbreak has infected more than 40,000 cows across 17 Indonesian provinces.[1] In response, the Indonesian Government has initiated several measures aimed at mitigating the spread of the disease, including a PMK vaccination program[2] and various controls over the trafficking of animals that are considered vulnerable to PMK (“Vulnerable Animals”) to and from regions across the nation.[3]