{"id":53609,"date":"2025-07-06T16:28:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T10:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=53609"},"modified":"2025-07-07T17:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T12:07:35","slug":"equine-disease-free-compartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/equine-disease-free-compartment\/","title":{"rendered":"Equine Disease-Free Compartment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Equine Disease-Free Compartment Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, India has established and secured global recognition for its first Equine Disease-Free Compartment (EDFC).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Equine Disease-Free Compartment<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a scientifically managed, globally recognized area t<\/span><b>hat guarantees horses are free from certain equine diseases<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, enabling them to engage in international trade and competitions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EDFC operates under comprehensive <\/span><b>Standard Operating Procedures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (SOPs) encompassing <\/span><b>disease exclusion protocols, pest control, physical security<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, hygiene, sanitation, animal health monitoring, waste management, and continuous surveillance, all aligned with international best practices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is recognised by the <\/span><b>World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The facility is approved at the <\/span><b>Remount Veterinary Corps (RVC) Centre &amp; College, Meerut <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is established under the <\/span><b>Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EDFC has been officially declared <\/span><b>free from Equine Infectious Anemia, Equine Influenza, Equine Piroplasmosis, Glanders, and Surra.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, India has historically remained free from African Horse Sickness since 2014.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Significance of Equine Disease-Free Compartment to India<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It marks a major step towards <\/span><b>enabling the international movement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Indian <\/span><b>sport horses in compliance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with global biosecurity and animal health standards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the implementation of robust biosecurity protocols, stringent veterinary surveillance, and adherence to international norms, Indian sport horses from this facility can now be eligible to travel and compete abroad.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This significantly <\/span><b>enhances <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>prospects of Indian riders and horses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in global equestrian competitions and raises India\u2019s profile in the international equestrian arena.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The compartment also supports the broader development of horse-related activities in the country \u2014 including <\/span><b>sports, breeding, and high-value equine trade <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 while strengthening India\u2019s biosecurity and disease preparedness framework.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2142151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PIB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Equine Disease-Free Compartment is a certified zone ensuring horses are free from specific diseases, allowing safe global trade and competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":53775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1363,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-53609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-equine-disease-free-compartment","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}