The Director General of the World Organisation for Animal
Health (OIE), Monique Eloi, informed Russia’s veterinary and phytosanitary service,
Rosselkhoznadzor, by letter last week.
In the letter she said they had studied the report from the
Russian side to contain FMD in Vladimir region and concluded that they comply
with the Veterinary-Sanitary Code relating to the establishment of a disease containment
zone in the country.
Russia had requested the evaluation of the establishment of
a containment zone following an outbreak on 20 October 2016.
The containment zone is the Vladimirskaya Oblast and will be
effective immediately.