Colombia has started vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease in the border areas with Venezuela
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Published Feb 21, 2023
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The additional cycle provides a sanitary shield to Colombian livestock, in addition to complying with a requirement to enter export markets. Today, Monday, February 20, the additional vaccination cycle against foot-and-mouth disease began, which will be effective for 30 consecutive and uninterrupted days and ends on March 21.
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The cycle will take place in six departments that are part of the border with Venezuela: La Guajira, Cesar, Norte de Santander, Arauca, Vichada and the municipality of Cubará in the department of Boyacá. As established by the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) through resolution 00000271 of January 18, 2023, animals under 24 months of age of bovine and buffalo species must be vaccinated. "This additional cycle will be carried out to reduce the probability of re-entry of this virus to susceptible populations in Colombia," said María del Pilar Ruiz Molina, general manager (e) of ICA. For the country's health authority, the additional cycle simultaneously obeys the recommendation of the World Organization for Animal Health (OMSA) to reinforce the immunological condition of bovines and buffaloes aged up to 24 months from the aforementioned departments that adjoin with the Republic of Venezuela. According to María del Pilar Ruiz Molina, director of the ICA, “the additional ...
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