Peru: SENASA conducted a simulation of foot-and-mouth disease control

Published 2024년 12월 16일

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The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation in Peru conducted a preventive exercise to prepare for a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, a condition that Peru has been disease-free since 2004. The drill, led by SENASA, involved a mock outbreak on a Sullana cattle farm, focusing on surveillance, quarantine, disinfection, and livestock transit control. Attended by animal health specialists from the northern macro region, the exercise aimed to review procedures for dealing with such emergencies, including sample analysis and execution of control and eradication measures. This drill underscores Peru's commitment to maintaining its disease-free status and protecting its livestock industry from highly contagious and economically damaging foot-and-mouth disease.

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The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI), through SENASA, carried out a preventive simulation to strengthen the response capacity of its technical team in the event of a possible emergency situation due to foot-and-mouth disease, a viral disease that is absent in the country. It should be noted that, since 2017, thanks to the zoosanitary actions deployed by SENASA specialists and technicians, Peru has been recognized as a country free of the disease by the World Health Organization, after not reporting any cases of foot-and-mouth disease since 2004, benefiting thousands of livestock producers. The exercise was based on the simulation of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease on a cattle farm located in the province of Sullana. In this place, the brigades organized for the sanitary maneuver carried out surveillance, quarantine, disinfection and livestock transit control actions, in accordance with the guidelines contemplated in the general procedure for dealing ...

Source: Senasa