Paraguay Vaccinates Cattle to Contain Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak
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Paraguay vaccinated 27,602 cattle against foot-and-mouth to contain an outbreak of the livestock disease in the central San Pedro department that has put a halt to beef exports valued at $881 million last year.
Vaccinations also included 893 pigs and 626 sheep and goats, and 25 teams are taking livestock blood samples in the zone around the outbreak, according to a notice from Paraguay’s National Service for Animal Quality and Health published today by the World Organization for Animal Health, or OIE.