OMSA Recognizes All of Russia as Free of Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Published Jun 12, 2025

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On May 29, 2025, during the 92nd General Assembly of the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), the zone of the Russian Federation "Western Siberia - Urals" was granted official status as a territory free of Foot-and-Mouth Disease with vaccination.

The regions of Russia are divided into six zones, five of which already had official status as free of Foot-and-Mouth Disease. The attribution of status to the last zone, zone 6, located along the border with Kazakhstan, indicates that the WOAH recognizes the entire territory of the Russian Federation as free of Foot-and-Mouth Disease.

May 29, 2025/ Rosselkhoznadzor/ Russia. https://fsvps.gov.ru/

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On May 29, 2025, during the 92nd General Assembly of the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), the Russian Federation zone "Western Siberia - Urals" was granted official status as a foot-and-mouth disease-free territory with vaccination. The regions of Russia are divided into six zones, five of which had already been granted official foot-and-mouth disease-free status. The attribution of status to the last zone, zone 6, located along the border with Kazakhstan, ...

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