{"id":29599,"date":"2026-04-25T17:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=29599"},"modified":"2026-04-25T17:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:18:12","slug":"guyana-hosts-talks-on-foot-and-mouth-disease-eradication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-hosts-talks-on-foot-and-mouth-disease-eradication\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana hosts talks on Foot and Mouth Disease eradication"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>-during recently concluded COSALFA meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana is strengthening its role in regional animal health by hosting a key meeting aimed at eradicating foot-and-mouth disease across South Americas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This highly contagious disease poses significant economic risks to livestock. But progress toward eradication has been notable, with most countries, including Guyana, remaining disease-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foot-and-mouth disease, or FMD, is a highly contagious viral disease that affects livestock including cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It causes fever and painful blisters in the mouth and on the feet, often leading to serious production losses and major economic setbacks for farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana is currently free from foot-and-mouth disease, a status upheld by robust veterinary systems and regional collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the recently concluded 52<sup>nd&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/sup>South American Commission for the Fight Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease (COSALFA) Meeting, Secretary Manuel Sanchez highlighted the progress in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;With the exception of Venezuela, all countries in the region are currently considered free from FMD reflecting a more uniform sanitary status across South America, Central America, Caribbean and North America,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this progress, officials warn that the global situation remains unpredictable, with new strains emerging beyond traditional regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanchez also serves with the Pan American Center for Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Veterinary Public Health (PANAFTOSA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As such, he urged continued vigilance and preparedness to protect the region\u2019s livestock sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-during recently concluded COSALFA meeting Guyana is strengthening its role in regional animal health by hosting a key meeting aimed at eradicating foot-and-mouth disease across South Americas. This highly contagious&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[468,472,350],"tags":[488,944,370,591,412,405],"class_list":["post-29599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture","category-healthcare","category-news","tag-488","tag-foot-and-mouth-disease","tag-guyana","tag-ministry-of-agriculture","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29601,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29599\/revisions\/29601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}