Georgia receives SAT-2 vaccine from European Commission to aid immunisation in cattle, ruminants

Animals in the disease-risk areas will receive preventive immunisation against the new strain of the highly contagious disease in animals, which is common in the Black Sea region but has not yet spread to Georgia. Photo: Natioanal Food Agency

Agenda.ge, 08 Jun 2023 - 12:52, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgia has received 345,000 doses of the vaccine for the Foot & Mouth Disease SAT-2 from the European Commission to aid immunisation efforts in cattle and small ruminants, the National Food Agency said on Thursday.

Animals in the disease-risk areas will receive preventive immunisation against the new strain of the highly contagious disease in animals, which is common in the Black Sea region but has not yet spread to Georgia.