Central Java Has the Nation's Largest Goat Population

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) affecting livestock emerged in several regions of Indonesia in early May 2022.

This case resurfaced after Indonesia was declared free from livestock FMD for more than three decades.

FMD is an acute animal disease caused by a virus. This disease is easily contagious to livestock such as cattle, buffalo, pigs, sheep, and goats.

According to the 2021 Livestock and Animal Health Statistics report, the provisional figure for the goat population in Indonesia was 19.23 million in 2021. This number increased by 2.8% from the previous year's 18.69 million.

Central Java is the province with the largest national goat population, reaching 3.78 million in 2021.

Next is East Java with a goat population of 3.76 million and Lampung with 1.57 million.

Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo has designated two districts in Aceh and four districts in East Java as FMD outbreak areas.

The first FMD case was found in Gresik, East Java, on April 28, 2022, and has experienced an average doubling of cases daily.

(See Also: List of Provinces with the Largest Goat Meat Production in Indonesia in 2021)