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What is foot and mouth disease and why is the Australian livestock sector worried?

Kim Chappell
Updated July 21 2022 - 9:56am, first published 9:30am

Australia's biosecurity officials and cattle industry is on high alert after foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease was recorded in Indonesia and viral fragments were detected in Melbourne.

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Kim Chappell

Kim Chappell

Senior Producer - Digital

As Senior Producer - Digital for ACM's regional titles I assist newsrooms in digital best practice. Before this role, I was the digital journalist with ACM's national team and prior to that, the digital specialist with ACM's Agricultural division. I started as a general rounds journalist with The Land in 2006, moving up to hold the title of chief of staff before switching to digital reporting in 2015.

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