Colombian Agriculture and Livestock Institute (ICA) started vaccination of ovine, caprine, swine, equine that are in a 10 kilometers ratio of Paleska, Wayuú community located in Manaure municipality, alter confirming a cutaneous carbuncle case in a community child. It is estimated that in this process 5.500 animals will be immunized.

Facing the sanitary alert state presented in Argentina due to the presence of the disease equine viral arteritis, the Colombian Agriculture and Livestock Institute, ICA, suspended imports of equines coming from that country.

Starting now, agriculture and livestock supplies and seeds traders, must opt established regulation in resolution 1167 from March 25th 2010 in which the Colombian Agriculture and Livestock Institute, ICA, updates requirements and conditions that must be fulfilled for these products sale.

Canada Ministry of international commerce of overseas business donated to the National Laboratory of Veterinary Diagnosis, LNDV, of the Colombian Agriculture and Livestock Institute, ICA, an equipment and laboratory supplies for foot and mouth disease and vesicular stomatitis diagnosis.

The Colombian Agriculture and Livestock Institute (ICA) informed that this June 30th, the vaccination against classical swine fever (CSF) in Quindío, Risaralda, Valle del Cauca, Caldas (with exception of Caldas middle Magdalena), Antioquia (with exception of middle Magdalena zone, Urabá and Low Cauca), Cauca (north zone), Chocó (central south zone) and Tolima (Cajamarca municipality) will be suspended.