Budget Program 0039: Improvement of Animal Health

Budget program that seeks to ensure that livestock producers have healthy animals available on the market, given the limited availability of healthy animals. It serves livestock producers nationwide. It includes control of imports, international transit and domestic movement of livestock goods and diagnosis of exotic and re-emerging diseases to protect animals from the introduction and spread of regulated diseases; active and passive zoosanitary surveillance, diagnosis of existing diseases, control of livestock establishments and disease prevention, control and eradication (vaccination campaigns, treatments, and training of producers, veterinarians and subnational authorities); and the opening and maintenance of export markets through inspections, certification and sanitary protocols.