Tanzania makes vaccination compulsory for all livestock
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily News
Tanzania’s Livestock and Fisheries Minister, Bashiru Kakurwa, has ordered compulsory vaccination of all livestock in the country. The measure accompanies the second year of the national identification campaign and aims to protect animal health and strengthen livestock’s contribution to the economy, according to the Daily News.
The Tanzanian government has made vaccination of all livestock in the country compulsory, Livestock and Fisheries Minister Bashiru Kakurwa announced in Dodoma on Wednesday. He warned that the authorities would tolerate neither excuses nor obstruction of the national livestock vaccination and identification campaign.
The campaign is about to enter its second year. According to Bashiru Kakurwa, vaccination is intended to protect animal health and strengthen the livestock sector’s contribution to the national economy. The minister also stressed that animal health was linked to human health.
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