Rosselkhoznadzor bans import of breeding animals from Denmark

Russia's Rosselkhoznadzor imposed temporary restrictions on the import of breeding animals from a number of Danish farms after Denmark made major violations in the export of breeding pigs.

Denmark's veterinary service has made major violations against Russia's animal health requirements and standards.

The animals were imported in three consignments accompanied with a phytosanitary certificates issued by the National Veterinary Service of Denmark, according to which the animals were clinically healthy.

Three hundred twenty animals with lesions on legs and limp were detected in the course of the daily clinical examination in the quarantine period. The experts made a conclusion that the lesions on their legs were of infectious nature and the veterinary specialists of Denmark agreed with them. Some animals died. Microorganisms of genus Mycoplasma and Chlamydiaceae were detected in the pathological material; the dysentery agent T. hyodysenteria was isolated in the course of microscopic examination. The Chief Veterinary Veterinarian for the Belgorodskaya Oblast ordered that the quarantine period should be prolonged.

The clinical examinations of animals under quarantine showed the disease progression that indicates that the animals with latent infections had been imported into the quarantine stations and it contradicts the animal health status specified in the veterinary certificates.

This case demonstrated the systemic lack of competence of veterinary services of the EU countries in the fulfillment of veterinary requirements for export of products subject to surveillance into the territory of Russia.