The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority confirmed that it conducts annual surveys to monitor communicable diseases of animals and livestock, with a view to assessing the epidemiological situation of endemic and incoming diseases, and to determine the causes of animal deaths, warning of the danger of non-compliance of livestock owners, farm owners and singles with prevention and safety measures to avoid transmission of common diseases between Human and animal.
She pointed out that some diseases are transmitted from animals to humans through "friction", whether by touching or approaching the sick animal, or through some vectors, such as rodents, mosquitoes, ticks and lice.
In detail, the Abu Dhabi Authority for Agriculture and Food Safety has warned livestock keepers, farm owners and singles about the danger of not adhering to prevention and safety measures to avoid the transmission of common diseases between humans and animals, explaining that these diseases are transmitted from animal to human when contact with any sick animal, whether by touching it or approaching it, or Through some vectors, such as rodents, mosquitoes, ticks and lice.
The Authority called - through an awareness video broadcast on its official pages on social media platforms - the owners of farms and singles and their workers to the need to inform veterinary clinics immediately, of any cases of deaths among the animals they have, pointing to the possibility to contact the hotline (800555) in the event that there is no desire to Heading to the clinics.
The instructional video included a warning that the common diseases that can be transmitted directly from the animal to the human being, when the person is in contact with the fluids and secretions of sick animals or eating their products, or by indirect means from the surrounding environment, through live transport factors, such as mosquitoes, lice and rodents.
She stressed the importance of the commitment of livestock keepers and animals to work to strengthen the vital security system within singles and various farms, by maintaining the cleanliness of the barns and the quality of their ventilation, stressing the need for barns to be sufficiently far from the housing of workers, and to ensure personal hygiene for workers on farms, and to choose equipment Tools that are easy to clean and sterilize, and to buy animals from reliable places.
The authority advised to reduce sources of animal purchase as much as possible, quarantine new animals for a period before merging them with the rest of the herd, buying feed from licensed centers, proper and safe disposal of damaged feeds, veterinary medicines and expired pesticides, disposing of dead animals in a safe manner, and conducting periodic cleaning of farm buildings and facilities And to maintain cleanliness and avoid slaughtering outside the official slaughterhouses, stressing the importance of vaccination with approved vaccines, to reduce the incidence of epidemic diseases.
The authority called on livestock breeders to adhere to the advice and awareness programs, to avoid outbreaks of diseases in the herd, calling for cooperation with the veterinary staff, and preparing the animals for immunization and numbering operations before the vet's visit to the estate.
Periodic immunization campaigns
The Abu Dhabi Authority for Agriculture and Food Safety has stated that it has been implementing periodic livestock immunization campaigns since 2009, which have contributed significantly to eliminating a number of seasonal diseases, which may affect livestock, reduce their risks and limit their spread, noting that they have provided more than 54 Million doses of livestock in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in various diseases.
She emphasized that she conducts annual surveys to monitor communicable diseases of animals, evaluate the epidemiological situation of endemic and incoming diseases, determine the causes of animal deaths, and issue veterinary certificates accompanying animals exported abroad that benefit from these animals free of diseases, to ensure control of epidemics and prevent their spread and elimination.
Breeders adhere to counseling and awareness programs to avoid outbreaks of disease in the herd.