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Rabat- The Moroccan National Agency for Sanitary Safety of Food Products (NASSFP) announced that the first phase of a vaccination campaign launched on 18 August against bovine Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, was completed and achieved 100% of its goal.
The same source states that one million cattle were vaccinated against this fatal disease in the 33 provinces of the kingdom.
In an attempt to ensure that all the sheep and calves that will be slaughtered during Eid Aladha—also called the Feast of the Sacrifice—are healthy, the Agency launched another vaccination campaign on 22 September in other regions of the kingdom that target about 1.7 million cattle.
The NASSFP notes that all measures have been taken to ensure that this vaccination operation takes place under good conditions. This year the national herd is in good health and no cases of FMD have been recorded.
Eid Al Adha is likely to fall on Sunday, 5 October 2014 in countries which strictly follow the method of witnessing the crescent moon, including in Morocco.
