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The Bulgarian Veterinary and Animal Health Agency (BFA) is still unsure of the exact number of animals affected in a plague outbreak on farms in Velingrad. The affected sheep herd will remain quarantined pending a court decision on an appeal against the BFA's order, and no decisions on euthanasia or additional measures will be made until the European Commission's emergency team meets with the farmers. A ban on the export of live animals, meat, and milk from the Pazardzhik region remains in effect until February 2025. The origin of the outbreak is believed to be an illegal import of live animals. The government is unsure if livestock breeders in the region will be compensated for losses due to the quarantine.
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The Bulgarian Veterinary and Animal Health Agency (BFA) still does not know the exact number of animals in the affected affiliated farms The sheep herd in Velingrad will remain under quarantine, without being euthanized, until the Sofia City Administrative Court rules on the farmers' appeal against the order by which the Bulgarian Veterinary and Animal Health Agency (BFA) declares an outbreak of plague in small ruminants, Agriculture Minister Georgi Tahov announced in parliament today. The European Commission's emergency action team, which arrived in our country yesterday and is personally led by the director of the European Reference Laboratory in Montpellier, will meet with the farmers from Velingrad today. The delegation has not yet decided what additional measures the state should take regarding the plague outbreak. For now, the ban on the export of live animals, meat and milk from the Pazardzhik region remains in place until February 7, 2025. “I want to reiterate that the ...
