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Scientific Commission concluded that Bulgaria fulfils the requirements of the OIE Terrestrial Code to regain its status as a Member Country free from FMD where vaccination is not practised.

The Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Trans-boundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs) presented its 2012-2016 action plan for America to the FAO Regional Office.

The total number of animals susceptible to ASF amounted to 147,850 animals, resulting in a total of 3,350 cases. .

The next step, according to the minister, is the process of negotiation of export requirements and an International Health Certificate (CSI).

SAGARPA indicates that the declaration was issued due to the fact that since November 10, 2005 there has been no detection or isolation of the etiologic agent of classical swine fever.

The major change of this new version is the integration of a specific section for wildlife diseases notification into WAHIS.

Following the first-ever detection of African swine fever in Ukraine, FAO is warning that while control measures appear to have temporarily halted the disease's spread, it has established a firm foothold in the Caucasus and poses an ongoing risk to neighbouring areas.

The outbreak was registered in Komyshuvatka, Zaporizhia region, in a private household.