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Government announces multi-million dollar package to keep foot-and-mouth disease out

A veterinarian prepares a dose of the foot-and-mouth vaccine at a farm in West Java, Indonesia

A veterinarian prepares a dose of the foot-and-mouth vaccine at a farm in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. Source: AAP / BAGUS INDAHONO/EPA

Senator Murray Watt has announced fourteen million dollars will be spent in Australia and overseas combating the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.



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