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Russia overhauls vaccine production after cattle disease triggers mass culling
The merger aims to secure technological independence and boost veterinary investment after thousands of livestock died, with domestic vaccine production rising to 70%, officials said.
- On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree merging state-owned enterprises into the Russian Biological Industry Company, aimed at "securing technological independence" in veterinary medicine.
- The overhaul follows a cattle disease outbreak in the Siberian region of Novosibirsk, where thousands of livestock deaths sparked rare protests and demands for agriculture officials' resignation.
- Russia formerly imported up to 70% of animal vaccines before 2022; agriculture watchdog chief Sergei Dankvert reported that up to 70% are now produced domestically, including by Shchelkovo Biokombinat.
- In a March 20 report, the Foreign Agricultural Service, part of the Department, cited "local sources and trading contacts" who alleged "the scale of these measures may indicate an unconfirmed outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease."
- Russia's agriculture watchdog dismissed the foreign allegations, asserting that routine vaccinations against foot-and-mouth disease have been carried out in Novosibirsk since 2022 and are continuously monitored.
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Russia overhauls vaccine production after cattle disease triggers mass culling
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday overhauling the production of animal vaccines following an outbreak of cattle disease that led to the deeply unpopular mass culling of livestock in a Siberian region.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a nationwide reorganization of vaccine production, citing a mass animal slaughter in the Novosibirsk region of Siberia that has sparked rare protests in Russia.
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