RA GOVERNMENT APPROVES PROGRAM OF MEASURES ON ERADICATION
OF AFRICAN PLAGUE OF PIGS AND ON PREVENTION OF ITS SPREAD
06-09-2007 21:40:00 | Armenia | Economy
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN. In accordance with the
RA Law on Veterinary Science, the Armenian government at the
September 6 sitting approved the program of measures on
eradication of Africal plague of pigs and prevention of its
spread in Armenia. The program was developed, taking into
account the outbreaks of this disease in Armenia and the current
epidemiological situation in Georgia, with the aim of reducing
the damage to pig breeding to a minimum.
According to the RA Government Information and PR
Department, the composition of the republican anti-epidemic
commission coordinating the program and the action plan were
also approved by this decision.
A quarantine has been imposed in order to prevent further
spread of African plague of pigs in Armenia. The RA minister of
agriculture was instructed to approve the list of quarantine
control points in the territory of Armenia, coordinating it with
the RA police chief and the appropriate regional governors.
The head of the State Food Safety and Veterinary Inspection
of the RA Ministry of Agriculture Grisha Baghyan told reporters
after the sitting that under the program, the RA ministry of
finance and economy was instructed to submit a package of
proposals on compensation to the government.
G. Baghyan said that so far 1,800 pigs have been killed in
Armenia.