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Plan to combat bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis – Mozambique
9:26 CAT | 31 Jan 2018
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The Mozambican government on Tuesday approved a budget of 18.5 million meticais (about 308,000 US dollars) for a pilot plan of action to prevent and combat bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis.
These are two of the main diseases that affect the health of cattle, and the government considers the current levels a matter of concern. In 2016, 167 foci with 1,828 cases of bovine tuberculosis were notified in 65 districts. This was a 26.5 per cent increase on the figure for 2015.
Out of 3,487 animals tested for brucellosis, 380 were found to be carrying the disease, which is a prevalence of 10.8 per cent.
The spokesperson for the Council of Ministers (Cabinet), Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism, Ana Comoana, gave these figures to reporters at the end of the Council’s weekly meeting.
The implementation strategy for the new plan of action, she said, included permanent epidemiological surveillance, compulsory vaccination of cattle, the control of animal movements, increased inspections and post-testing certification.
The government expects that reducing the incidence of these diseases will lead to an increase in the size of the country’s cattle herd, and an increase in the weight of the average carcass from 146 to 160 kilos. It would improve the profitability of cattle farming, and reduce the risk that the diseases will be transmitted to humans.
The project will be implemented in the three southern provinces of Maputo, Gaza and Inhambane, and in Sofala, Manica and Zambezia in the centre of the country. Comoana said it will cover a total of 430,572 head of cattle.
The Council of Ministers also approved an Employment Policy Plan of Action for the period 2018-2022, which envisages training a million Mozambicans in technical and professional subjects, with the goal of promoting more and better jobs.
The plan includes the construction of 18 new technical and professional colleges, and the creation of over 1.7 million new jobs.
Source: AIM
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