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"Hotlines" Established to Report Animal Diseases: Foot-and-Mouth Disease or Bluetongue

The State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection (SSUFSCP - DPSS) has established a "hotline" in each region to receive calls from citizens regarding suspected cases of foot-and-mouth disease or bluetongue in animals.

These numbers are published on the official web portal of the SFSC.

We appeal to animal owners: now, everyone must increase their vigilance. Farmers and animal owners must be extremely attentive and carefully monitor their animals for the timely detection of disease symptoms. In case of suspicion, immediately contact the "hotline" in your region.

Briefly about Foot-and-Mouth Disease: The disease manifests as fever, vesicular lesions of the oral cavity, coronary band, in cows - the udder, and young animals die without symptoms. Foot-and-mouth disease affects a wide range of animals: cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, camels, buffaloes, yaks, deer, roe deer, gazelles, saigas, turs, moose, wild boars, antelopes, zebras, elephants, bears, and other animals.

Briefly about Bluetongue: Clinical signs of bluetongue include: fever, salivation, swelling of the lips, inflammatory and necrotic lesions of the oral cavity, cyanosis of the tongue, conjunctivitis, redness and gangrene of the teats, abortions. Bluetongue affects sheep, goats, white-tailed deer, buffaloes, antelopes, moose, and other ruminants.

"Hotline" numbers for receiving calls from citizens of the region in case of suspicion of animal diseases: foot-and-mouth disease or bluetongue

We remind you that at an extraordinary meeting of the State Emergency Antiepizootic Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, additional veterinary and sanitary measures were adopted to prevent the introduction of foot-and-mouth disease and bluetongue viruses into the territory of Ukraine. These include strict adherence to biosecurity measures on farms, the movement of animals only with accompanying veterinary documents, etc.

Instructions for the prevention and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z1087-17#Text

Video recording of the AMU and SFSC webinar "Risk of Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Bluetongue: What Ukrainian Dairy Farms Need to Know": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbly2Spty0

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