Rinderpest: The Growing Threat to Bulgaria

Published Jan 31, 2025

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Bulgaria is facing increasing restrictions from other countries due to an outbreak of rinderpest in small ruminants, with some bans on the import of live animals, raw materials, and products. The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency has urged for swift action to prevent the disease from spreading and causing further damage to the livestock industry. The Bulgarian Animal Health Agency is working on implementing measures to improve communication, conduct an explanatory campaign, ensure timely compensation, and adjust regulations. However, there have been challenges in implementing these measures, including resistance from livestock breeders in Velingrad. So far, 9 out of 15 livestock farms in the region have been tested, with no signs of the virus or antibodies detected in 8 of them.

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The risks for Bulgaria in the fight against rinderpest are growing. The country is already subject to a number of restrictions related to the disease, imposed by countries such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Great Britain, Iraq, Kazakhstan, China, Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. Some of them prohibit the import of live animals, raw materials and products, and this list continues to expand. This was stated to the Bulgarian National Radio by the Deputy Executive Director of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA), Valentin Atanasov, regarding the outbreak of plague in small ruminants in Velingrad. "The problem is serious, it affects all livestock breeders, and we must not allow destabilization," Atanasov stressed, responding to criticism from the co-chairman of the National Sheep and Goat Breeding Association, Simeon Karakolev. According to him, Karakolev is manipulating information to his advantage. Atanasov refuted Karakolev's claim that the affected herd is ...

Source: Agri