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Article: MINISTRY ALLOCATES RP500 MILLION TO FIGHT ANTHRAX IN BOGOR.
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- ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2004
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Jakarta, Oct 28 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture has allocated Rp500 million for vaccination of livestock against anthrax which is now spreading in Citaringgul village, Bogor, West Java. All of the vaccine to be used would be made in Indonesia, an official said.
"We are constinuously combing farming areas to locate livestock that are still healthy and vaccinate the animals. Livestock that have already been infected are given antibiotics," Tri Satya Naipospos, director of livestock health at the Ministry of Agriculture, said on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a visit to Babakan Madang village to inspect ...