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Brazil will start second stage vaccination of foot-and-mouth disease

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Francielle Rozzatti
Published Oct 29, 2020
The second stage of the National Vaccination Calendar 2020 begins on November 3rd. It is expected that 70 million animals, including cattle and buffaloes with up to 2 years of age will be immunized. The last occurrence of foot-and-mouth disease in Brazil was in 2006, in Mato Grosso do Sul. To keep the country free of the disease, the Strategic Plan 2017-2026 of Pnefa established that the technical procedures that must be carried out by the official veterinarians. When the disease is suspected and a contingency plan which describes all the procedures that must be followed.
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