Vaccines provided for Prevention of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks

Densmaa 2023-04-17 03:04

Society

The Livestock Commercialization Project or LCP handed over 6.5 million doses of vaccines to the General Authority for Veterinary Services last week.

For the prevention of foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Mongolia, the Livestock Commercialization Project or LCP handed over 6.5 million doses of vaccines to the General Authority for Veterinary Services last week. The project funded by the World Bank and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations supports the control of foot-and-mouth disease through the adoption of a risk-based ‘cattle-and-yak-only’ vaccination strategy, in cooperation with the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry and the General Authority for Veterinary Services. Initial vaccination was carried out in April 2022 and three months later, LCP supported the assessment of immunity through a nationwide serological study. The results indicated that cattle and yaks in more than 96 percent of all sub-provinces were protected against foot-and-mouth disease. However, foot-and-mouth disease vaccines protect for only six months. Therefore, a second round of vaccination took place in November 2022 and is now due again. In general, the vaccination is intended to support the implementation of the national foot-and-mouth disease control strategy for 2022-2028.