Ulaanbaatar
Quarantines launched due to epidemic destruction of saiga antelopes
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ At the State Emergency Commission meeting held today, the issue of destruction of saiga antelopes caused by goat plague was discussed. According to the latest data, 3,818 saiga antelopes and 24 black-tailed gazelles were killed by the disease.
The working group, formed in accordance with an ordinance of Deputy PM U.Khurelsukh, paid site visits to the epicenters in Gobi-Altai and Khovd provinces. Afterwards, the group gave directions to the local emergency departments to work in quarantine regime until March 1 and to immediately collect data on the number and locations of the livestock herding families in Shargyn Gobi, Khuisiin Gobi and Durgunu Steppe.
It has been reported by specialists that the herds of saiga antelopes are in great risk of being hit by sepsis in the upcoming spring due to weakened immunity.
About 8,000 livestocks of 12 herding households were vaccinated, and the vaccinations are being carried out in Biger, Erdene and Chandmani soums.
Emergency departments have been working to limit saiga migration from safe zones to epicenters, protect 22 healthy antelopes in Durgunu soum, 44 in Khomyn Steppe and over a hundred healthy saigas in Mankhan soum and Adgiin Khudag, Duguin Am and Talyn Khar. Awareness-raising actions are being organized for herders.
