LIVESTOCK DISEASE CONTROLS/PUBLIC HEALTH

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R000900310001-7
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 16, 1998
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• Publication Date: July 1, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Peru
SUBJECT Livestock Disease Controls/Public Health
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1. The Ministry of Agriculture in Peru is-responsible for livestock disease
control. Key personnel are Ingeniero Miranda Souza (Direction de Gauaderia)
Dr. Carlos Narvaez (Director de Animal Health .
2. The main animal diseases in order of importance, economically, are:
1. bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis
2. anthrax
3. hydatidosis
4. New Castle
5. hog cholera
6. bac371ary dysentery (lambs) endoparasites
From.a public health standpoint they are:
1. tuberculosis
2. brucellosis
3. hydatidosis
4+?. rabies
5. teniasis
I don't think we have adequate funds for a vigorous disease
but we can get along well in routine control programs.
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The most important-communicable disease problems of animals that are trans-
mitted to man are:
1. tuberculosis
2. brucellosis
3. rabies
1. anthrax
5. hydatidosis
6. teniasis
7. equine encephalomyelitis
3. Immunization procedures followed are listed:
1. brucellosis - calf vaccination, strain 19
2. rabies - commercial vaccines
3. New Castle - intranasal vaccine
1 anthrax - spore vaccine
5. fowl cholera - gacterins
6. hog cholera - crystal violet vaccine
The source of brucellosis, anthrax, hog cholera, fowl cholera, and bacillary
dysentery vaccine is the National Institute of Animal Biology. The sources
of rabies vaccines are America, Chile, and Peru and of New Castle vaccines
are commercial producers. In general, all have been fairly effective.
-I. Concerning slaughter or quarantine of infected or exposed animals for brucellosis
and tuberculosis (domestic cases) no special program is followed, but foreign
cases are quarantined. For exotic diseases, quarantine and allergic reaction
according to special regulations. Only the insurance companies make indemnity
payments when animals are insured.
5. Nearly all veterinarians are private practitioners. There are five veterinary
hospitals in Lima and one in Chiclayo for mostly small animal surgery and
medicine. There are no significant programs of research, but in the Veterinary
School and National Institute of Animal Biology there is some diagnostic
research in several animal diseases. The Ministry of Agriculture is carrying
out tuberculin testing and the agglutination test for brucellosis in cattle.
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6 Veterinary training is given by the Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Lots
Palmas-Barranco, Lima, Peru. It is a branch of the'University of San Marcos.
Personnel consist of Dr. T. Ramos Saco, Dean, with four full-time professors
and 12 part-time professors. One year of pre-veterinary work in a recognized
University is required for entry. About 30 are admitted each year. The
present course is four years of veterinary medicine, and one year of practical
experience is going to be added. There are about 20 graduates per year.
Public health training for veterinarians will start next year (1954). At the
present time there are two veterinarians in full time public health work. There
will be about six veterinarians in public health work in the coming year in
charge of different sections of the country.
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