Live equine exports to the Federation of Malaysia are reopened

Published 2024년 8월 12일

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Malaysia has lifted its suspension on live horse imports from Argentina, which was in place since November 2023 due to concerns over Western Equine Encephalomyelitis. This decision comes after eight months of coordinated efforts involving Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Senasa, and the Argentine Embassy in Malaysia. These organizations collaborated to exchange health information, perform a new risk analysis, and obtain approval for a new International Veterinary Certificate. In 2022, Malaysia ranked as the seventh-largest market for Argentine live horse exports. The resumed exports will comply with Malaysian health regulations.

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The Federation of Malaysia informed Argentina of the authorization to resume exports of live horses, operations that had been suspended since November 2023 due to the detection of Western Equine Encephalomyelitis in our country. The reopening of this market is the result of the joint work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, the National Service of Health and Agri-Food Quality (Senasa) and the Embassy of Argentina in Malaysia, which for eight months established contacts with the Asian country for the exchange of health information, the configuration of a new risk analysis and the subsequent approval of the new International Veterinary Certificate ...

Source: Chacra Magazine