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. 17.9 million doses remain in the custody of the ministry and should be searched by Venezuelan planes. They will then be transported in styrofoam containers with ice and, once arrived at their destination, will be placed in cold rooms and then distributed according to demand.
The Director predicts that the amount donated by Brazil meets the most urgent request from the neighboring country, including the 100% vaccination of the flock of Bolivar, neighboring state of Roraima. "Bolivar has about 800,000 head of cattle, we are going to focus on Brazilian operations." The Venezuelan authorities agreed that out of 1.6 million doses, 800,000 would be destined exclusively to the border with Brazil, "said M Guilherme.
The entire flock vaccination campaign began on November 1 and will continue until January 1 st. In May 2019, young animals under the age of 24 months, more susceptible to the disease, will be vaccinated as they have never been.
Representatives of the Pan American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Control Center (Panaftosa) have been on site for several weeks to monitor, record and regulate cold rooms, including the presence of a generator to maintain the system cooling. in case of power failure, maintenance of the quality of the vaccines. According to Guilherme, the goal of the vaccination is to develop a strategy of property registration, clinical inspection of animals and sample collection that will be sent to the International Reference Laboratory for the foot-and-mouth disease, the Lanagro, of Pedro Leopoldo (MG), to monitor the activity of the virus in the herd.
Venezuelan health authorities of the National Institute of Integral Health process, helping to solve the problem, with a view to the eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in the country.
United States to vaccinate the Venezuelan herd against foot-and-mouth disease
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