Brazil hopes to be officially declared free of FMD without vaccination in 2025
According to the minister, this will be possible after an audit by the WHO, which is scheduled for September in Brazil. "This means more opportunities to open markets. We are going to open the Japanese and Korean markets for cattle and pigs", said the minister during the International Animal Protein Exhibition (Siavs).
In May, the Brazilian government declared the country free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination and is awaiting international recognition. In May, the Ministry of Agriculture recognized Alagoas, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Norte as states free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination and vaccination was suspended in all states of the country.
Currently, only the states of Santa Catarina, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Acre, Rondonia and parts of Amazonas and Mato Grosso have recognition by the World Organization for Animal Health as foot-and-mouth disease-free zones without vaccination.
In May, WHO voted to recommend that countries free of FMD with vaccination pose no risk to countries free of FMD without vaccination. 181 votes were in favour. Only Japan and Australia voted against, at the 91st WHO Annual General Session in Paris.
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