المملكة: Urgent – With an international certificate.. the Kingdom is free of 4 epidemic animal diseases

Disclosure of the National Center for the Prevention and Control of Plant Pests and Animal Diseases "Prevent" About its qualitative achievements for the year 2025 AD in enhancing biosecurity in the Kingdom, declaring that the country is free of four epidemic diseases, and vaccinating more than 32 million heads of animals.

The center explained that its intensive efforts to protect Diseases.

The center indicated the completion of more than 290,000 field operations for exploration and treatment, with the aim of imposing preventive control.

It noted the implementation of 49,533 monitoring visits to various facilities to strictly verify compliance with biosecurity requirements.

The center confirmed that the declaration that the Kingdom was free of four epidemic animal diseases was in accordance with the strict standards of the World Health Organization. Animals.

With regard to plant wealth, he pointed out that more than 80 million palm trees were examined for early detection of the red palm weevil.

Weqaa reported that more than 640,000 palm trees were treated using the latest technologies forPest control and protecting vegetation.

He touched on exploring more than 1,527,055 hectares to combat desert locusts, of which 60,758.37 hectares were treated with high precision.

He stated that the treatment areas also included 1,954,066 trees, as part of agricultural pest control plans.

He added that supporting 10 integrated pest management programs directly contributed to reducing the areas Infested after successful field application.

In an advanced step to enhance innovation, the center announced the production of 713,501,804 beneficial organisms to support sustainable biological control.

It revealed that 127,434 laboratory tests were conducted and 108,857 samples were examined to ensure accuracy and speed of diagnosis.

The center concluded its statement by referring to the classification of 418,189 insects to increase the efficiency Responding to any potential epidemics.

He stressed that these accumulated achievements support sustainable agricultural development and enhance the umbrella of comprehensive food security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.