In Astrakhan, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of the Deputy regional Minister of agriculture and fisheries by Andrey Timofeev. It discussed the results of the work of veterinary specialists in the past year.

The head of the regional veterinary service Yury Evteev noted that, in General, the epizootic situation in the region remained prosperous. Have not been registered disadvantaged points for the pox, African swine fever and anthrax.

In the course of the year were 5.4 million golovolomok immunization of animals of all kinds and have been studied more than 1.4 million samples. The meeting's goal was for the safety of the livestock, according to the Ministry of agriculture and fisheries of the Astrakhan region.