Exhibit 8, 100416 Brazil FMD Risk Evaluation - R-Calf

officials, the private sector’s participation has also strengthened official structures and improved
sanitary actions, mainly within the local units of the surveillance system.
The Brazilian Government has promoted and guaranteed the involvement of various groups of
CONASAN into a plan called the National Program for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Eradication, or
PNEFA. These groups are composed of people interested or involved in livestock production or
health, such as rural producers, livestock and livestock product industry personnel, trade agents,
private veterinarians, and members and officers of farmers’ unions, cooperatives, universities, and
town halls. The objective of these alliances is to bring greater awareness, a wider scope,
transparency, and credibility to the program. The Federal Government coordinates the
implementation of the national plan.
Eradication of FMD in Santa Catarina followed the basic strategies implemented by PNEFA and are
summarized here:
Strengthening and maintaining the animal health system, including hiring personnel for the
official veterinary service through public agreements.
Enacting and enforcing compliance with animal health laws.
Registering rural holdings, herds, and all other establishments linked to the livestock
production system.
In its first phase, periodic mass vaccination of bovine animals and buffaloes which can be
suspended and followed by actions to strengthen the primary surveillance system.
Working on vesicular disease suspicions and implementing a stamping-out policy if officials
confirm FMD.
Control and surveillance of animal movement and prohibiting the entry of at-risk animals and
animal products.
Strengthening community participation.
Auditing and supervising premises as needed.
Main activities of the FMD and other swine notifiable disease program
Disease surveillance
Brazil’s animal health service has a surveillance system that covers the entire country. The LVUs
collect the necessary data and make decisions based on the data. Many official and private sources
supply the system’s information. In Santa Catarina, the field units collect and process surveillance
data and forward the information to the regional offices. Santa Catarina’s central unit and a national
unit represented by DDA and the MAPA SDA are located in Brasilia.
The DDA official collects data from the State level and forwards the information to the OIE and
other parties such as the South American Commission for the Fight against FMD. Reports are sent:
Weekly for disease notifications.
Monthly for confirmed cases of animal diseases.
Biannually for the results of each phase of vaccination against FMD for each Federal unit.
Annually for full reports of epidemiological and sanitary information.
Notification and investigation of suspected cases
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