Mexico Resumes Export of Livestock to the US on Tuesday After Discarding Foot-and-Mouth Disease
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Hermosillo, Son., Laboratory analysis confirmed that the lesion detected in a calf in Sonora corresponds to bovine papular stomatitis and not foot-and-mouth disease.
Mexico resumes export of livestock to the US on Tuesday after discarding foot-and-mouth disease
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After ruling out foot-and-mouth disease in calves, authorities announced that export of cattle through Agua Prieta, Sonora, resumed on Tuesday 20.
The Government of Mexico endorses its commitment to the protection of animal health, food safety and the well-being of livestock families With laboratory samples, the presence of an exotic disease of high impact for the livestock sector was ruled out.The Government of Mexico endorses its commitment to the protection of livestock.
The diagnosis identified bovine papular stomatitis, a disease that Agriculture noted does not represent a greater risk to animal health.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Agriculture) through the National Service for Health, Safety and Food Quality (Senasica), ruled out the presence of foot-and-mouth disease in a calf inspected at the quarantine station of Agua Prieta, Sonora, after laboratory samples tested positive for the bovine papular stomatitis virus — a worldwide disease that does not pose a greater risk to animal health.
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