On March 27, 2026, a joint online seminar for authorized veterinary authorities of the EAEU member states was held at the Committee for Veterinary Control and Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The seminar was devoted to the topic: “OIE (WOAH) Standards and Recommendations on Brucellosis: Trends in Spread, Control Measures, Diagnostics, and Prevention.”
Representatives of the EAEU and WOAH, as well as the Committee for Veterinary Control and Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, took part in the meeting.
On behalf of the NRCV, T. Karibayev, Head of the Laboratory for the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases, participated with a presentation entitled “Animal Brucellosis Control System in the Republic of Kazakhstan.”
The seminar program included the following presentations:
| Topic | Speaker |
| WOAH guidelines and standards | Dr. Vasili Basiladze, Senior Advisor, RR Europe, WOAH |
| Trends in spread, diagnostic approaches, control, and prevention measures. | Dr Fabrizio De Massis, Expert for WOAH, National Reference Centre for Brucellosis, IZS Teramo |
| Improvement of the brucellosis control system in the Russian Federation | Dr. Oleg Sklyarov, Chief Research Scientist of the Scientific and Technological Laboratory of the Federal State Budgetary Institution FGBU VGNKI |
| Brucellosis control and eradication in the United States of America | Drs Michael J. Gilsdorf and Miladin Kostovic – Independent Experts. |
| Country Experience/Success Story: Eradication of the Disease, SPAIN | Dr Jose Luis Saez Llorente, Deputy CVO of SPAIN |
| Practical Experience in Diagnostics and Vaccination. Country Experience: Bosnia and Herzegovina | Dr Sasa Boskovic, CVO of Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| National Context of Brucellosis Control: Non-Vaccination Strategy and Long-Term Surveillance-Based Approach Towards Achieving and Maintaining Disease-Free Status | Dr Mevlida Hrapovic, Head of Department for Animal Health, Welfare Protection, and I&R of Animals, Administration for Food safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary affairs of Montenegro |
| Presentations from EAEU countries with an overview of the brucellosis situation and ongoing efforts to combat/prevent this disease | Presentation by countries • Armenia • Belarus • Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • Russia |