# Australia's chief vet travels to Indonesia as urgent vaccine rollout begins for lumpy skin disease - ABC News

> Australia's chief veterinary officer Mark Schipp is travelling to Indonesia as an urgent lumpy skin disease vaccine rollout begins in Riau Province. Indonesia is using movement restrictions and vaccinations to contain the outbreak, which Australian officials describe as the most serious threat to its cattle herd in decades.

- Date: 2022-03-23 · published 2022-03-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42218-australia-s-chief-vet-travels-to-indonesia-as-urgent-vaccine-rollout-begins-for
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Australian live cattle and dairy export markets are at risk if the disease spreads, while containment efforts in Indonesia may limit near-term demand disruption.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2022-05-06 | [Foot-and-mouth disease detected in Indonesia; Australian livestock sector on alert - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41345-foot-and-mouth-disease-detected-in-indonesia-australian-livestock-sector-on.md) | -0.8% | -1.6% |
| 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 | 2022-06-09 | [SE Asia Report: FMD vaccine desperately needed to avert Indo catastrophe - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40869-se-asia-report-fmd-vaccine-desperately-needed-to-avert-indo-catastrophe-beef.md) | +1.0% | +2.0% |
| 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 | 2022-08-17 | [SE Asia Report: FMD continues to spread in Indo - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39976-se-asia-report-fmd-continues-to-spread-in-indo-beef-central.md) | +1.0% | +0.6% |
| MILK | 2024-06-15 | [Bird flu risk is restricted to those who work with dairy cattle — for now : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16088-bird-flu-risk-is-restricted-to-those-who-work-with-dairy-cattle-for-now-npr.md) | +0.3% | -0.6% |
| MILK | 2025-06-01 | [Enhancing the response to avian influenza in the US and globally - The Lancet Regional Health – Americas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15992-enhancing-the-response-to-avian-influenza-in-the-us-and-globally-the-lancet.md) | +0.8% | +0.7% |
| MILK | 2024-08-30 | [Bird flu infects California dairy cows, widening US outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16067-bird-flu-infects-california-dairy-cows-widening-us-outbreak.md) | +10.5% | +13.1% |

## Sources

- abc.net.au: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-23/lumpy-skin-disease-major-threat-to-australian-cattle-herd/100932970

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