According to the economic reporter of rahnam news agency, with preventive measures and regular quarantine by the veterinary organization, the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, which is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that causes sick animals including domestic cattle and members of the cattle family, has been reduced over the years. There has been a decreasing trend in the past and last year it was announced that it has been curbed.
But this year, especially since the second half of the year, the World Animal Health Organization has reported cases of foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in some of Iran’s neighboring countries, apparently due to the non-observance of some safety precautions in the field of livestock importation, the outbreak of this disease has once again been witnessed. We were in some provinces including Tehran, Qom, Kurdistan, Ardabil, Alborz, Markazi, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, North and South Khorsan, Kermanshah, Khuzestan, Lorestan, Fars, Kerman and some other provinces. The nationwide vaccination of livestock was implemented in the country.
In some provinces, with the increase of a special strain of foot-and-mouth disease called SAT-2 strain in Iraq, Turkey, Bahrain and Oman, the Veterinary Organization issued health warnings to prevent the spread and occurrence of foot-and-mouth disease of this strain.
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According to the current laws of our country, it is allowed to register an order for the import of live animals, fattening and slaughtering. In the case of livestock, in addition to obtaining the systemic approval of the Trade Development Organization (permissibility of the tariff and product ID), as well as the approval of the Vice-Chancellor of Commercial Development and the Veterinary Organization; The animal breeding center must also agree.
In the case of livestock for slaughter and fattening, according to the market’s need to balance the price of red meat, the importing companies register the import request in the comprehensive trade system, which subsequently the vice-chancellor for the purpose of allocating foreign currency and the veterinary organization for determining the relevant health standards give an opinion. does
* The story of importing live animals from Pakistan
The import of heavy slaughtered livestock from Pakistan has always been attractive to traders and the history of this goes back to the early eighties. In 2013, the Parliament of Pakistan in order to prevent the illegal entry of livestock and also to preserve livestock resources, in addition to creating added value; He only allowed the export of red meat and banned the export of livestock in general.
Meanwhile, due to the establishment of a large number of industrial livestock slaughterhouses in Sistan and Baluchistan province due to the slaughter of imported livestock, a suitable capacity for job creation and the use of primary and secondary processing industries had been created in this province.
Accordingly, despite the ban on the export of livestock from Pakistan to other countries, according to the laws related to border markets, it has always been possible to import live livestock for slaughter on the condition that they are slaughtered and harvested within Sistan and Baluchistan province through the commercial card of border dwellers and cocoons. In this way, the red meat of the province is supplied.
Considering that the veterinary authority of Pakistan does not issue health certificates and legal documents for these animals, according to the relevant regulations, the imported animals must be quarantined at the points of entry and after ensuring the health and registration of the animals, they are transferred to the approved slaughterhouse. And according to veterinary health rules, the meat is slaughtered and used in the province, and in case of surplus, it is transferred to other provinces.
Also, according to the latest veterinary regulations, the transfer of imported animals from Pakistan is only possible if the quarantine period has been completed for at least 6 months (recently reduced to 4 months), in case of the approval of the highest governing authority of the province, i.e. the governor. Lack of empty capacity in Sistan and Baluchistan province’s fattening facilities; Imported livestock can be transported to other provinces under the supervision of the state veterinary. At the same time, Sistan and Baluchistan province has the possibility of accepting these animals due to the lack of livestock density.
The reason for the preventive and strict measures to transfer these live animals from Sistan and Baluchistan province to other provinces was to prevent the introduction of contagious animal diseases as well as common diseases between humans and animals, including foot and mouth disease. Legally, the government authority of Pakistan should issue it and it cannot issue it due to the above reasons, it is a logical and rational argument for not transferring livestock to other provinces.
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Reports indicate that the profiteering and abuse of some livestock dealers, which is caused by the huge difference in the price of live livestock in Pakistan and Iran (the price difference is about 20 million tomans for each Pakistani cow with an average weight of 350 kilos compared to local livestock) It has been requested to lift the ban on the transfer of livestock from Sistan and Baluchistan province to other provinces, especially Tehran, Fars, South Kerman and Qom, with unreasonable pressure on the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad.
The received news shows that, unfortunately, in December of this year, despite the explicit opposition of the technical working group for assessing the risks of importing live animals of the Veterinary Organization; By exerting direct pressure from the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad, the Veterinary Organization issues a directive on the unhindered direct transportation of imported livestock from the border of Pakistan to Tehran province.
It was supposed that the mentioned animals would be transferred to one of the slaughterhouses south of Tehran, and after a few days they would be slaughtered, and if the health was confirmed by the veterinarian, the harvested meat would be distributed under the supervision of the veterinarian, but the news indicates that, unfortunately, in many fattening units in Tehran And in Qom, there are currently imported animals from Pakistan, and these animals are being fattened without birth certificates and health status.
Some reports show that the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, which has recently caused heavy livestock conflict and economic losses to this important industry in our country, and its prevalence has increased in the past three months, is probably rooted in this issue.
Ali al-Zahir, with the justification that the said animals are native to Sistan and Baluchistan province, a veterinary transport certificate is issued for them only for the purpose of slaughter, but some of these animals were not slaughtered.
Some experts in the field of veterinary medicine believe that the sensitivity of domestic and industrial livestock of our country to the disease and contamination of Pakistani livestock due to the lack of maintenance and quarantine period of 4 to 6 months in the quarantines and animal husbandries of Sistan and Baluchistan province causes a conflict with a high percentage of livestock in our country to foot-and-mouth disease. and controlling it will require spending a lot of money and time.
This is despite the fact that according to the current and current laws, imported livestock must be stamped by companies at the points of entry; When entering the border bazaars of Sistan and Baluchistan, the plate number of the affected animals should be inquired. From the animal identification system of the Animal Breeding Center or the TRIS system of the Veterinary Organization, the date of the license plate and the geographic location of the license plate and the relevant company are determined.
It seems that this wrong decision and action caused the closure and employment crisis of animal husbandry units in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, the closure and employment crisis of animal slaughterhouse units in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, the entry of foot and mouth disease into the country and the loss of livestock losses, as well as the imposition of exorbitant costs. treatment, manufacture or import of foot and mouth vaccine.
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