Cananéia Quarantine Station in Brazil doubles capacity to receive swine

Published 2021년 11월 4일

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Two new swine quarantine units in Cananéia, Brazil, have been completed, doubling the reception capacity for pigs arriving in the country. The Cananéia Quarantine Station (EQC) can now receive 22 lots of pigs per year, up from 11, thanks to a public-private partnership that involved investments of R$ 10 million. The EQC is linked to various departments involved in preventing and combating animal diseases that could threaten the national livestock heritage. The station receives pigs from countries such as the United States, Canada, Denmark, France, and Norway, ensuring they are disease-free before they are distributed throughout Brazil.

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The delivery of two new swine quarantine units in Cananéia (SP), this Thursday (4), will double the reception capacity for animals arriving in Brazil. Until then, the Cananéia Quarantine Station (EQC) managed to monitor 11 lots of pigs per year and, from now on, it will be able to receive 22 lots in the same period. The two existing units had a capacity for 500 animals each. With the expansion, each of the new units can receive 400 pigs. The EQC is linked to the Department of Animal Health, the Secretariat for Agricultural Defense (SDA), the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa). It is up to this secretariat to prevent and combat animal diseases that may threaten the preservation of the national livestock heritage. At the inauguration event of the two new units, held this Thursday (4), the Agriculture and Livestock Defense secretary of the Ministry, José Guilherme Leal, thanked the willingness of the private sector to complete the work and highlighted the important ...

Source: Agricultura