Brazil launches a CSF eradication program

Brazil has created a work team for eradicating CSF in the northen and northeastern regions.

The Ministry of Agriculture of Brazil is going to implement a program for the eradication of classical swine fever in the north and northeast of the country, that are regions that are not free of the disease yet.

With this aim, a work group has been created that will produce the proposal for the Strategic Plan for the Eradication of classical swine fever (CSF) in the states of Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Ceará, Maranhão, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Roraima.

The Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock Defence; Mr José Guilherme Leal, explained that the southern, southeastern and centre-eastern regions, and some northeastern states, such as Bahía and Sergipe are already deemed free of CSF.

Friday, March 29th, 2019/ MAPA/ Brazil.
http://www.agricultura.gov.br

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