Russia has banned the import of livestock from Cambodia and Laos due to lumpy skin disease

Rosselkhoznadzor from July 30, 2021 suspended the supply of cattle and animal products from Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic due to the deterioration in the territory of these countries of the situation with the LSD virus in animals. As follows from the documents of the department, a ban is introduced on the supply of live animals susceptible to lumpy dermatitis from these countries, including restrictions on the import of cattle. It is also prohibited to import products obtained from these animals without proper processing, which ensures the destruction of this virus. The import of unprocessed leather raw materials obtained from the slaughter of animals susceptible to the virus, genetic material, as well as equipment that was used to keep and transport such animals was suspended. In addition, the transit of susceptible animals is restricted. Infectious nodular dermatitis of cattle (nodular dermatitis, cutaneous tubercle) is a contagious infectious ...