Rift Valley Fever, Foot and Mouth — Egypt
Dr Essaid Awad, director of the Directorate of Veterinary Services [undersecretary?] in Kalyoubia [Qalyubiyah governorate] announced today [Sun 9 Oct 2016], in a press statement, that 114 000 head of cattle and sheep have been vaccinated against foot and mouth disease [FMD] and Rift Valley fever [RVF] in the governorate.
Awad added that field teams were deployed in the villages to raise awareness on the benefit of immunizing against FMD, in order to preserve the governorate’s livestock
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