Sonora Cattle Exports Halt After 1 Lesion
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Faced with the possibility of foot-and-mouth disease, Sonora suspended the export of livestock to the United States.
"This measure is adopted because the presence of this lesion coincides with the symptoms of foot-and-mouth disease, a disease classified as a mandatory report to the health authorities," reads the press release.
The Sonora Regional Livestock Union temporarily suspended livestock exports to the United States.
The export of Sonora cattle to the United States was temporarily suspended on Friday, October 16, after an animal injury that could coincide with symptoms of foot-and-mouth disease was detected during an inspection. The Sonora Regional Livestock Union (UGRS) reported that specialists from the Center for Animal Health Research (CPA) took a sample that will be sent to a laboratory of the National Service for Health, Safety and Agro-Food Quality (S…
Agriculture explained that the sores can also correspond to vesicular stomatitis or bovine papular stomatitis, diseases previously identified in Sonora and Chihuahua, and stressed that there is no confirmation of foot-and-mouth disease.
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