BREXITING BRITAIN IS KEY BENEFICIARY OF EU MONEY TO FIGHT ANIMAL DISEASES
February 1st, 2018
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced its latest funding for helping European Union (EU) member states fight animal diseases, such as bovine tuberculosis, rabies, bovine brucellosis, African swine fever and lumpy skin disease, by allocating more than EUR140 million for 2018. The funding will support 134 veterinary programmes designed to eradicate, control and monitor these diseases.
When announcing the budget, EU health and food safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis said the financing shows “that we are taking animal and plant health very ...
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