Residents of Buryatia are asked not to buy meat without documents

So, the department notes, you should not purchase animal products (MEAT, wool, leather, fur) in places of unauthorized trade without veterinary accompanying documents. it is also necessary to exclude the use of raw MILK purchased from private individuals.

Pet owners also need to take preventive measures. They need to report newly acquired animals to the state veterinary service of their place of residence and quarantine for 30 days after purchase.

It is also required, according to the requirements of the specialists of the state veterinary service, to provide animals for a clinical examination and vaccination against anthrax. All animals should be regularly vaccinated against anthrax. Unvaccinated animals can be of great danger as a possible source of infection. Animals that are sick or suspected of being ill must be isolated immediately and any suspected cases of disease or death must be reported to veterinarians. It is obligatory to conduct laboratory tests to confirm the safety of meat and other slaughter products, to conduct a laboratory test of skins for anthrax before they are delivered to enterprises and organizations involved in the purchase of hides and skins;

You should not participate in the movement, forced slaughter, butchering of carcasses and burial of the corpses of dead animals without a veterinary examination. The department recalled that the last cases of anthrax infection of people were noted recently in Chuvashia. Both patients took part in the slaughter of livestock.