Govt to distribute anthrax vaccines

PALU, Central Sulawesi: In a bid to stave off an anthrax outbreak, the Central Sulawesi Animal Husbandry Agency has distributed 10,000 anthrax vaccines to local governments across the province. The vaccines were distributed over the past few days after an anthrax outbreak occurred last week in the neighboring province of South Sulawesi province.

Anthrax had previously struck Central Sulawesi province in 1931 and again in the 1960s.

Central Sulawesi province is a major cattle producer in the eastern part of Indonesia, with some 1,000 cows exported to other regions annually, said Abdul Halim Madali, a senior official with the Central Sulawesi Animal Husbandry Agency. -- Antara