Ministry of Agriculture lifts ban on import of sheep, cows and

Riyadh, November 24, SPA -- The Ministry of Agriculture has issued a
decision lifting the temporary ban imposed on the import of sheep,
cows and camels from Eritrea.


The decision stipulates that the exported livestock from Eritrea
should be subject to conditions and procedures of the quarantine in
Kahtalai (Eritrea).


The procedures include attaching authenticated certificates by the
Eritrean veterinary authorities, keeping the exported livestock at
the quarantine for a period of 30 days, marking livestock by the
quarantine including the number of the animal and the date of its
entry for quarantine, examining animals to make sure that they are
free from the disease of the Rift Valley Fever or any other epidemic
or infectious diseases, vaccination of the animals on the 7th day of
their entry for quarantine against the Rift Valley Fever by the
vaccine called 'Smith Burm' which is used in the Kingdom.



Moreover the procedures also include the transportation of the
animals by clean transportation channels.


The decision pointed out that the livestock exported to the Kingdom
from Eritrea will be subject to all quarantine procedures in line
with the system of the quarantine law carried out by the GCC member
states and under its executive statutes.


Moreover, random samples will be taken from the animals for
examination to get sure of their immunity level from vaccination
against the Rift Valley Fever.


The ministry of agriculture said the period of quarantine at the
quarantine of Kahtalia before the export of the animals will be
reduced from 30 days to 10 days during the Hajj season of this year,
and the animals will be vaccinated on their first day at the
quarantine against the Rift Valley Fever by 'Smith Burm'.