Azerbaijan finds no signs of major animal diseases in wildlife monitoring

The Food Safety Agency of Azerbaijan, AFSA, has conducted epizootic monitoring in natural areas of the country, including liberated territories, Report informs, citing the agency.

The monitoring covered 37 natural areas across 55 districts and cities of Azerbaijan, including the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The areas included national parks, state nature reserves and hunting farms.

The monitoring involved employees of AFSA, district and city Animal Health and Veterinary Services departments of the Agrarian Services Agency under the Agriculture Ministry, the Biological Diversity Conservation Service under the Agriculture Ministry, and relevant territorial units of the State Environmental Safety Service.

During the monitoring, a total of 3,223 wild animals of various species were observed.

According to the results, no epizootic indicators were found suggesting the presence of peste des petits ruminants, African horse sickness, African swine fever, highly pathogenic avian influenza, foot-and-mouth disease or rabies.

The agency said this showed that the epizootic situation for the target diseases remains stable.