Jakarta, Jan. 15 -- The Indonesian Quarantine Agency (Barantin) is drafting a strategy to prevent Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) disease from entering Indonesia following an outbreak in Vietnam since November 2025.

PPR is a quarantine-listed animal disease with the potential to severely impact livestock, particularly small ruminants such as goats and sheep, due to its highly contagious nature and high mortality rate among susceptible animals.

"Indonesia imports goats and sheep from Australia, a country that is free from PPR," Barantin head Sahat Manaor Panggabean said in a statement on Thursday.

He explained that in 2025, Barantin recorded imports of 1,196 goats and sheep from Australia across eight shipments.

Meanwhile, Panggabean ...