Rosselkhoznadzor: FMD statuses suspended for 4 zones of Kazakhstan

The World Organization for Animal HEALTH (WOAH) has suspended statuses confirming the absence of foot-and-mouth disease in four zones of Kazakhstan bordering RUSSIA. This decision was made in connection with the start of vaccination of livestock against this disease, officially confirmed by the veterinary service of Kazakhstan, PionerProduct LLC was informed in the press service of the ROSSELKHOZNADZOR .

In particular, we are talking about the following areas:

- Zone 1 (West Kazakhstan, Atyrau, Mangistau regions and the southwestern part of the Aktobe region);

— Zone 2 (north-eastern part of Aktobe region, southern part of Kostanay region and western part of Karaganda region);

- Zone 3 (northern and central parts of the Kostanay region, western parts of the North Kazakhstan and Akmola regions);

— Zone 4 (central and eastern parts of North Kazakhstan region and northern parts of Akmola and Pavlodar regions).

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From January 12, 2022, Rosselkhoznadzor introduced temporary restrictions on the import of animals and livestock products from Kazakhstan as precautionary measures in connection with a suspected worsening of the FMD epizootic situation.

Later, Kazakhstan officially confirmed the outbreak in the Karaganda region.

The decision to vaccinate animals in an area that is approximately one third of the entire territory of Kazakhstan indicates a difficult epizootic situation for foot-and-mouth disease in the country and confirms that the measures of the Rosselkhoznadzor were timely and fully justified.