Foot-and-mouth disease is prevalent in Mercosur countries (9.6)

OA show ('918 '); Mercosur announced at the emergency meeting held here on the 30th that as Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia, the member countries of the group, as well as Bolivia, the associated country, have recently discovered foot-and-mouth disease of beef cattle, the region has entered into a health emergency from now on At the meeting, officials from the ministries of agriculture and animal husbandry of Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile and Bolivia and the FMD prevention and control center of the Pan American Health Organization jointly decided that Mercosur countries would further strengthen border management and restrict the flow of livestock and the import and export of beef and its products At the same time, Mercosur will organize a group of animal husbandry experts to visit the areas where foot-and-mouth disease occurs, so as to put forward prevention and control measures Foot and mouth disease (FMD) was found in the national livestock in nangong city in early August According to reports, foot-and-mouth disease has been reported in three provinces in the north of Argentina, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, the border area between Paraguay and Argentina and some areas in Bolivia In order to prevent the spread of the disease, Argentina has killed and buried nearly 4000 beef cattle that may be infected with the virus, and has suspended beef exports to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile and other countries Brazil has killed and buried 442 beef cattle, 53 pigs and 22 sheep Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an infectious disease in cloven hoofed animals, which spreads very fast Latin American countries have invested a lot of money and manpower in the prevention and treatment of this disease Uruguay and Chile have been declared "non vaccinated FMD countries" by the international organization for epidemics, and Argentina won the title in May this year GLR (author:)