Pet news from Bali and elsewhere in in the Indonesian archipelago
Sunset Vet work with a number of local animal welfare organisations to offer vets pro bono for free sterilisation and vaccination days. These days typically occur several times per month and target rabies and population control of both local stray dogs and pets of low-income Balinese families. Read more
Rabies has spread to 24 of Indonesia's 33 provinces, according to a top Health Ministry official. Only Bangka Belitung, Central Java, East Java, Jakarta and Yogyakarta were free of the disease, Health Ministry vector-borne disease control director Rita Kusriastuti said in Yogyakarta recently at the annual meeting of the Asian Rabies Expert Bureau (AREB). The provinces with the highest incidence of rabies were Bali, East Nusa Tenggara, North Sumatra and North Sulawesi. Read more
A woman died of rabies last week having been bitten on her foot by a dog over 2 years ago, representing the longest incubation period for a rabies fatality so far in the current outbreak. Read more
A 69-year-old resident of Nongan village in Karangasem, Bali, died on Monday after a group of monkeys thought to have rabies attacked him, the head of the local health agency said. Read more
The Bali Husbandry Agency warned people about the possible spread of the avian flu virus, as the infection has been found in poultry in the island’s capital city and eight other regencies. Read more
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