date:May 14, 2012
te the low number of outbreaks recorded so far, according to veterinary experts.
The main threat to Russia remains the possibility of importing the virus from Kazakhstan. An immune buffer zone has been created on the border between the two countries, where authorities plan to vaccinate 500,000 animals each year. The Russian Ministry of Agriculture plans to allocate RUB2.6bn (US$860m) for the purchase of vaccines against FMD and disinfectants against African swine fever in 2012, but this figure