The draft set of actions to ensure the safety of genetic material of agricultural animals was approved

Ekaterina Agrinskaya, Head of the Certification Body of the All-Russian State Center for Quality and Standardization of Medicines for Animals and Feed, and Seidfatima Borunova, Chief Researcher of the Department of Sanitary and Clinical Microbiology, made reports at the meeting.

Currently, in connection with the selection for high productivity, a significant number of genetic anomalies are recorded, the carriers of which are the leaders of meat and dairy breeds. All this can lead to the transmission of undesirable mutations to the next generation and, in general, threaten the food security of the state.

The project of the Set of joint actions is aimed at reducing the risk of transmission of infectious diseases when using genetic material for artificial insemination of farm animals, the number of gynecological and andrological diseases, abortions and mastitis, preventing the birth of non-viable young animals.

The document provides for the implementation of a number of different actions aimed at protecting the health of animals, including:

- creation and improvement of the necessary regulatory and legal support, including development and approval of framework, national programs for prevention and control of infections transmitted through artificial insemination of animals;

- unification of diagnostic tools and methods for isolation and identification of pathogens based on the recommendations of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE);

- coordination of joint actions of the veterinary services of the CIS member States and international organizations (OIE/FAO) on the diagnosis of sexually transmitted infectious agents;

- development and implementation of plans for the phased examination of genetic material for each state.

According to the experts of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "VGNKI" (All-Russian State Center for Quality and Standardization of Medicines for Animals and Feed), the successful implementation of all the measures included in the draft of the Set of joint actions will improve the quality and ensure the biological safety of genetic material used in the reproduction of farm animals in the CIS.