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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11134
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) animal health

EU sends foot and mouth vaccine to Algeria and Tunisia

Brussels, 01/08/2014 (Agence Europe) - 1.1 million doses of high-quality vaccines against foot and mouth disease, which affects cloven-hooved animals, will be sent by the EU to the Algerian and Tunisian authorities, the European Commission announced on Friday 1 August.

The cargo of vaccines will reach its destination in around a fortnight. It will be used to immunise cattle, sheep and goats against a new form of the virus, the spread of which is of concern to the competent international...