# Foot-and-mouth disease detected in Indonesia; Australian livestock sector on alert - ABC News

> Indonesia has confirmed more than 1,200 foot-and-mouth disease cases in four East Java provinces, its first FMD reports since 1986. Indonesia is preparing an emergency declaration, and Australia's cattle industry fears a large outbreak could cost billions.

- Date: 2022-05-06 · published 2022-05-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Australia · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41345-foot-and-mouth-disease-detected-in-indonesia-australian-livestock-sector-on
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

An FMD outbreak next to Australia could close export markets and cut cattle demand, with feed-buyer implications if Australian herds or trade are hit.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2022-03-23 | [Australia's chief vet travels to Indonesia as urgent vaccine rollout begins for lumpy skin disease - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42218-australia-s-chief-vet-travels-to-indonesia-as-urgent-vaccine-rollout-begins-for.md) | +0.5% | +2.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-05-16 | [Foot and mouth disease risks concern WA Livestock Exporters Association \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41342-foot-and-mouth-disease-risks-concern-wa-livestock-exporters-association-wa.md) | -0.5% | -0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-09-04 | [Australia remains free of lumpy skin disease despite Indonesia blocking cattle imports, officials say \| Rural and regional Australia \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34038-australia-remains-free-of-lumpy-skin-disease-despite-indonesia-blocking-cattle.md) | +0.8% | +1.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-03-24 | [Western Australia’s live cattle trade could be ‘stopped overnight’ by lumpy skin disease, Littleproud warns \| Countryman](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42223-western-australia-s-live-cattle-trade-could-be-stopped-overnight-by-lumpy-skin.md) | +0.2% | +2.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-06-27 | [South Africa’s livestock industry is constrained by biosecurity challenges](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40871-south-africa-s-livestock-industry-is-constrained-by-biosecurity-challenges.md) | +0.0% | +0.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-05-16 | [Foot and mouth disease risks concern WA Livestock Exporters Association \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41342-foot-and-mouth-disease-risks-concern-wa-livestock-exporters-association-wa.md) | -2.8% | +8.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-06-01 | [Expansion of Foot-and-Mouth Disease and African Swine Fever Continues to Raise Global Concerns - Swineweb.com - Complete Swine News, Markets, Commentary, and Technical Info](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15901-expansion-of-foot-and-mouth-disease-and-african-swine-fever-continues-to-raise.md) | +1.6% | +5.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-06-09 | [Saleyard prices to fall; foot and mouth will cost us $80b: ABARES  \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40866-saleyard-prices-to-fall-foot-and-mouth-will-cost-us-80b-abares-farm-online-act.md) | -1.4% | -2.2% |

## Sources

- abc.net.au: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-05-06/foot-and-mouth-detected-in-indonesia-cattle-council/101045720

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