Guyana has maintained its status as foot-and-mouth disease free, according to surveillance studies done here between December 2011 and February 2012, through collaboration between the Ministry of Agriculture, PAHO/WHO and PANAFTOSA, a Brazilian laboratory for animal health.
However, by the end of this year the Ministry of Agriculture hopes to develop local capacity to test for FMD, Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said in a press release.
Dr Ramsammy said: “Although the actual testing for FMD had to be done in
