date:May 14, 2012
situation in the near future, because no FMD vaccines are available in the country.
Based on information currently available to us, about 30-40% of cattle in some regions of the country are suffering from FMD. Despite this, local residents often bring animals to the markets and sell them on the sly. Thus, the infected cattle infect people. Though we have repeatedly given harsh warnings to local farmers, it seems like somehow they do not want to change the situation, said Tologon Keldibay, a r