Israel advances in the initial audit to authorize the import of cattle on the hoof from Uruguay

The director of the Veterinary Services of Israel, Sergio Dolev, is in Uruguay finishing one of the stages that is being carried out to evaluate the authorization of the export of live cattle from Uruguay to Israel. Interviewed on Valor Agregado on Carve radio, Dolev commented that in the audit carried out over 10 days, “we traveled to Uruguay in different places to evaluate whether cattle can be received on the hoof. The visit was favorable for us, we were treating some diseases that do not exist in Israel, but all could be treated with a good protocol.” Regarding these diseases, Dolev explained that it is brucellosis, “this should be treated with a bleeding that will be carried out in quarantine, venereal diseases and screwworm are also a concern, which we do not have there either.” Once this first stage has been carried out in situ, now there is a final phase “which will be a committee in Israel, which will evaluate all the information that we have, and it will be decided, I ...