The Ministry discussed measures to prevent the penetration and spread of contagious, including especially dangerous, animal diseases
In the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, under the chairmanship of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov, an extraordinary meeting of the Republican Headquarters was held to prevent the penetration and spread of contagious, including especially dangerous, animal diseases on the territory of the republic.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister Lenar Garipov, Head of the Main Department of Veterinary Medicine of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan Almaz Khisamutdinov, Head of the Department of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance in the Republic of Tatarstan Ilnur Galeev, Chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan on Biological Resources Fedor Batkov, representatives of the Volga-Kama Directorates of Rosprirodnadzor, Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service, heads of pig-breeding enterprises, heads of agricultural departments in municipal districts, district veterinary associations.
During the meeting, they considered the progress in the implementation of measures to eliminate foci of African swine fever and prevent the spread of infection in the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan.
According to Almaz Khisamutdinov, by the Decree of the President of the Republic, all restrictions on African swine fever have been canceled. New foci of infection have not been identified.
The veterinary service has taken measures to reduce the number of pigs in private farms of citizens. At the moment of registration of ASF, the livestock was about 19 thousand heads. Today, the number of pigs in private household plots has been reduced to 6 thousand heads.