The European Union sent personnel to check the control of foot-and-mouth disease in Brazil
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Last Update: 2001-10-15
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Introduction: Sao Paulo (Dow Jones) October 11: the European Union is sending a team to Rio Grande do Sul to check the eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in southern Brazil and the measures taken to prevent further outbreaks The team will arrive in Brazil from 21 to 25 October The Brazilian government hopes that its measures will meet the relevant standards so that the country can resume exports to Europe Meat sales in Brazil have been banned since the outbreak of FMD in May It has been a week since Brazil's agriculture minister asked the European Union to send a team to the border with Argentina in the south of the country There has been an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the autonomous city of Monte caesaros The source of the disease is only 15 kilometers away from the Brazilian border town of Quarai pratini, which is trying to protect 13 million healthy livestock in the country Earlier this year, Brazilian troops patrolled 720 kilometers of sparsely populated, watery areas of the country bordering Argentina, but were unable to stop the introduction of FMDV from Uruguay Foot and mouth disease is a fatal blow to livestock in Rio Grande do Sul region According to the data of Brazilian beef exporters, the number of livestock here accounts for about 10% of 160 million livestock in Brazil It is one of the largest herds in the world and may account for 8% of the national beef exports (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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