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FG Inaugurates National Strategic Documents on Animal Diseases

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December 08, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has inaugurated the National Strategic Documents for the Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs).

These documents are focused on containing Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia, African Trypanosomiasis and Tick-Borne Diseases, and Foot and Mouth Diseases in cattle.

Others are Peste Des Petits Ruminants in sheep and goats, African Swine Fever in pigs and Newcastle disease in chickens, among others.

Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, who inaugurated the seven documents, said the strategic documents were developed in line with the priority accorded to the agricultural sector by the Federal Government.

Noting that TADs accounted for more than N29 billion in annual losses in Nigeria’s livestock sub-sector, Ehanire said the diseases are one of the most economically devastating diseases of livestock in the West and Central Africa sub-region.

“As we may be aware, transboundary animal diseases are one of the most economically devastating diseases of livestock in the West and Central Africa sub-region.

“In Nigeria, it is responsible for more than 29 billion naira losses annually in the livestock sub-sector.

“Through mortality, morbidity and trade restrictions on Nigeria, occasioned by the endemicity of some of these diseases in the country”, he said.

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