Commission adopts measures to help Cyprus combat scrapie.THE EUROPEAN Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community yesterday approved a series of special support measures to help Cyprus better deal with the problem of scrapie scrapie: see prion. in its sheep and goat populations. The amount allocated for 2009 is e1/45.4 million. For 2010 it is estimated that a further e1/48 to e1/49 million will be made available for this purpose. The approved scrapie programme for the years 2009 and 2010 submitted by Cyprus will receive special support, including a 75 per cent level of EC contribution to the compensation paid to the owners by the Government of Cyprus as well as costs for personnel and the destruction of carcasses. In order to reduce as much as possible the number of animals to be culled, the Commission also contributes to the genotyping programme so that all resistant animals are identified. Commenting on the decision, EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou said that "improved animal health can only have tangible and real benefits to the animals themselves but also to the farmers and the economy. Today, we have proven our will to substantially support Member States in their efforts to fight important animal diseases". The European Commission decided also to provide additional financial support to the bluetongue bluetongue an infectious, non-contagious disease of sheep and occasionally cattle, transmitted by Culicoides spp. Caused by an Orbivirus with at least 24 serotypes worldwide. Cattle are the reservoir and amplification hosts. vaccination programmes of various member states. (CNA (Certified NetWare Administrator) See Novell certification. ) Copyright Cyprus Mail Cyprus Mail is a Cypriot English-language newspaper. It is published daily (except Mondays) and a number of articles are available online. Its current chief editor is Kosta Pavlowitch. The managing director is Kyriakos Iacovides. 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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