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BY MICHAEL NOLAN  
EXPLAINER
Foot and mouth disease: what you need to know
“Sobering advice” from Australia’s top vet shows foot and mouth disease is spreading within Indonesia as infections were reported in 22 of its 34 provinces.
INDUSTRY ALARMED
The briefing has Opposition agriculture spokesman David Littleproud calling on the federal government to release its modelling on how the outbreak would affect Australian food and fibre producers.
The trajectory of this disease is to spread and spread quite widely. We asked for the advice for at what juncture the government would need to protect our borders moving forward.
  David Littleproud Maranoa MP and Opposition agriculture spokesman  
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an $80b catasTrophe
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences projected a widespread FMD outbreak in Australia would cost producers, wholesalers and retailers about $80 billion.
WHY IS FMD A CONCERN?
The disease causes blister around the mouths of affected livestock as well as drooling and limping. A 2001 outbreak in the UK caused losses of more than $19 billion. Six million animals were slaughtered.
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WILL BORDERS CLOSE?
Mr Littleproud wants the federal government to ban travellers from Indonesia bringing organic matter and food into Australia.
FMD doesn’t affect humans, but it can be carried on footwear, clothing and luggage brought in by people from affected areas.
The Opposition has stopped short of calling for a total travel ban as it did not have a full understanding of the problem. “We would ask the government to provide that science,”  Mr Littleproud said.
Since its arrival there, these measures were further stepped up including screening and increased interventions with passengers from Indonesia, and when, as expected, the disease reached Bali our biosecurity measures were again enhanced.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry spokeswoman
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WHAT IS BEING DONE?
Australia is donating one million doses of FMD vaccine to Indonesia to help stop the spread. Extra biosecurity staff are being put into mail centres and airports to detect contaminated items.
WHAT ABOUT TRAVELLERS?
Travellers regularly return to Australia from countries that are affected by FMD. Australia has strict biosecurity protocols in place to prevent high risk materials being brought in by travellers who may have been exposed to diseased animals.
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