Govt to distribute anthrax vaccines

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