Undoubtedly, you will receive financial and technical assistance from the European Commission in the fight against FMD, said Keith Sumption, head of the EC mission, at a meeting with Bulgarian veterinarians in MAF.
At the meeting, the European experts congratulated their Bulgarian colleagues for the fast and adequate reaction, preventing the spread of the disease. The European mission called on Bulgarian expert to increase monitoring of domestic animals and start identification and registration of the domestic animals in affected regions.
The meeting was attended by Professor Nikola Belev Chairman of the Regional Office for South-Eastern Europe of the World Organization for Animal Health / OIE /, Dr. Hinrich Meyer-Gerbaulet, Counsellor of the Minister of Agriculture and Food on veterinary issues, Dr. Jordan Voinov, Director General of the National Veterinary Service, Dr. Ventseslav Taseva, Director of the Animal Health and Food Safety Directorate within the ministry, as well as veterinarians and experts.