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Montevideo, November 5th 2024 - 08:10 UTC

Tag: foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)

  • Friday, October 13th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

    PAHO new deputy director outlines agency's priorities

    Sealey-Thomas insisted collective efforts were the “engine that drives the construction of healthier, resilient and equitable societies throughout the Americas”

    Pan American Health Organization Deputy Director Rhonda Sealey-Thomas of Antigua and Barbuda said Thursday that non-communicable diseases, climate change, the capacity for resilient health systems, and the urgent need to strengthen pandemic preparedness and response were the main health challenges for the region.

  • Wednesday, August 10th 2022 - 14:22 UTC

    Brazil's national herd free of free of foot and mouth disease without vaccination, government's target

    This year, Brazil’s agriculture ministry decided to suspend vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease in six states as from November 2022

    Unfounded animal health risk assessments continue to hamper the global meat trade, the director of institutional affairs at Brazilian beef processor Minerva BEEF3.SA, Joao Sampaio, said. He mentioned Turkey, which refuses to import beef from Brazil but does buy live cattle from the country.

  • Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 08:29 UTC

    OIE confirms Falklands Veterinary Services exercise of a simulated FMD outbreak

    Ross Milner, Veterinary Officer, Falkland Islands Government, informed the OIE (World Organization for Animal Health) that a desk-top simulation exercise involving a simulated outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) took place in Stanley, Falkland Islands on 30 October 2019.

  • Wednesday, June 6th 2018 - 08:32 UTC

    Brazil declared by OIE free of FMD with vaccination

    OIE Director general Monique Eloit delivered the certificate to Blairo Maggi, Brazil’s minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food at OIE headquarters in Paris

    The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has officially declared Brazil as a country free from Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) with vaccination. The decision for this occurred late May, in Paris. The decision took place after approval last year from the OIE’s scientific committee, which is constituted by 181 member states.

  • Friday, May 25th 2018 - 09:06 UTC

    Relief in Brazil after recovering free of FMD with vaccination OIE status

    Brazil’s access to many top-tier markets had remained limited by concerns over the introduction of the contagious FMD disease in cloven-hoofed ruminants.

    The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) declared Brazil free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) with vaccination on Thursday, opening new export prospects for the world’s largest beef exporter. The OIE already considered most of Brazil to be free of foot-and-mouth with vaccination. The declaration, which the government had been expecting since the start of the year, extends certification to the whole country.