EU SHIPS VACCINES TO HALT SPREAD OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN ALGERIA AND TUNISIA
August 1st, 2014
THE EUROPEAN Commission dispatched on Friday (Aug 1) an emergency shipment of 1.1 million foot and mouth disease (FMD) vaccines in Algeria and Tunisia after the first cases in 15 years were detected in these countries. Industry spokesmen told the Meat Trades Journal they welcomed the move as there are worries the highly contagious virus might find a way of spreading to European cattle, sheep and goat farms.Frederic Vincent, a spokesman for the John Dalli, Commissioner for Health and Consumers, told the Meat Trades Journal that the decision to send the vaccines ...
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