Quarantined in Sumbawa
The quarantine of cattle will last for three months until the area is declared anthrax-free.
January 20, 2009
ENTERING the rainy season, the Sumbawa regency administration has quarantined cattle to prevent the spread of anthrax. For certain areas such as Labangka and Plampang subdistricts, livestock movements are restricted.
Sumbawa Regent M. Djamaluddin explained that the prevention of the spread of anthrax was initiated right before the designation of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province as the ‘Province of One Million Cows’. “We have isolated both
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