The Ministry discussed preventing the entry and spread of highly dangerous animal diseases into Tatarstan.
Today, the Ministry held a meeting of the national headquarters for preventing the entry and spread of contagious, including highly dangerous, animal diseases into the Republic of Tatarstan. The meeting was chaired by Lenar Garipov, First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Participating via videoconference were heads of municipal departments of agriculture and food, heads of state veterinary associations of cities and districts, heads of rural settlements, heads of enterprises and farms, and entrepreneurs.
Lenar Garipov noted that the situation with highly dangerous animal diseases has significantly worsened in a number of regions, with cattle diseases being a pressing issue. "It is necessary to develop a set of measures to prevent the entry of pathogens into Tatarstan," he added.
The First Deputy Minister called on agricultural enterprise managers and private farm owners to strictly adhere to veterinary and sanitary regulations for animal husbandry, establish closed animal housing, ensure biological protection measures, disinfect vehicles, and operate sanitary checkpoints.
Lenar Garipov also instructed that the import of animals and feed from other regions into the republic be prohibited, and that special control be exercised over the movement of animals between municipal districts.
Timur Galeev, Head of the Main Veterinary Department of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan, spoke about the epizootic situation in Russia and measures to prevent the introduction and spread of particularly dangerous and contagious animal diseases. He emphasized the need to significantly strengthen measures to prevent the introduction of infections into the republic.
Ilnur Galeev, Head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance for the Republic of Tatarstan, reported on measures being taken to biologically protect enterprises from the introduction of particularly dangerous and contagious animal diseases.