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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9140
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/foot and mouth disease

Commission sends vaccine to Turkey

Brussels, 27/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has sent 2.5 million doses of trivalent vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) to Turkey, to help control an outbreak of FMD in bovine animals in the region of Thrace. The vaccines contain all three antigens required for the spring vaccination campaign in Thrace. In early February, despite reported vaccination of over 90% of the bovine population in this area against the disease last autumn, the outbreak has been confirmed....

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