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Meerut gets India’s first WOAH-recognised equine disease-free compartment

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Battle IAS UP current affairs title card: Meerut gets India's first WOAH-recognised equine disease-free compartment (, 4 July 2025)

What happened

  • WOAH recognised India’s first Equine Disease-Free Compartment at the Remount Veterinary Corps Centre and College, Meerut Cantonment, on 3 July 2025 [PIB].
  • It is declared free of Equine Infectious Anemia, Equine Influenza, Equine Piroplasmosis, Glanders and Surra [PIB].

Background

  • Horses from the compartment can now travel to compete abroad [PIB].

Why it matters

  • A recognised compartment lets one facility meet world standards even if the whole country is not yet disease-free.

Read all of July 2025 in the monthly UP current affairs compilation →

How to use this in Mains

GS-VI UP animal husbandry

  1. Use it as an example of the compartment approach to animal disease control.
Quotable data point

First EDFC recognised by WOAH on 3 July 2025 at Meerut [PIB].

PIB: India establishes first internationally recognised Equine Disease-Free Compartment at RVC Centre, Meerut, 4 Jul 2025

Exam angle

UPPCS

GS-VI: animal husbandry and biosecurity in UP.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPPCS

India's first Equine Disease-Free Compartment is at

Answer (b) & explanation

Source: as cited in this article.

Official source: PIB: India establishes first internationally recognised Equine Disease-Free Compartment at RVC Centre, Meerut, 4 Jul 2025

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