The Animal Health Department is responsible for all aspects of the planning, methodological guidance and implementation of the prevention, surveillance, control and eradication of animal diseases and zoonoses in the Republic of Bulgaria. The department works closely with the EC’s DG SANTE, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD) at the FAO, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the veterinary administrations of the Member States and neighboring countries. third countries and the leading diagnostic and research institutes in Europe.