Paraguay: situation of foot and mouth disease
The vesicular epithelium sample was processed for virus isolation in cell culture and typing by ELISA and PCR confirmed serotype O of the FMD virus.
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The eradication of FMD is a priority for the Mercosur
For CAS, the FMD status of the Republic of Paraguay concerns the entire region and threatens the achievement of the objectives outlined in the Hemispheric Plan for Eradication of Foot and Mouth Disease.
Bulgaria: Experts from the FSA initiated a meeting with his Turkish colleagues on measures against FMD
At the initiative of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency a working meeting with the Turkish Veterinary Services was held in connection with the introduced control measures for FMD in the sanitary cordon of Bulgaria and the European part of Turkey.
Fight against diseases and zoonoses: EU earmarks 214 million euros to better protect human and animal health
The EU earmarked yesterday more than €203 million to support programmes to eradicate, control and monitor animal diseases and zoonoses, aiming to further strengthen the protection of human and animal health in 2012.
Taiwan confirms an outbreak of FMD
Five of two hundred pigs were found with vesicular lesions in Penghu animal quarantine establishment after they were transported into Penghu Island from Taiwan Island.
Australia: FMD outbreak fears
Australia does not have sufficient suitable human resources to manage anything other than a small foot-and-mouth incursion.
Taiwan: subclinical FMD detected
During the routine active FMD serological surveillance, NSP antibodies were detected on one pig farm.
FMD in Kazakhstan: epidemiological situation
Veterinary authorities in Kazakhastan have reported the FMD-related restriction measures on movement of animals.
New outbreak of FMD in China
Last week China's veterinary authorities informed the OIE of a new focus of foot and mouth disease.
FMD situation in Paraguay
There are currently 25 teams in the zone around the outbreak and in the surveillance zone and 13,333 blood samples.
Botswana: Foot and mouth disease
Continuous surveillance is still ongoing to monitor FMD situation. Surveillance in pigs is namely passive.
China: new outbreak of foot and mouth disease
The report described a single outbreak of FMD on a farm in the village of Duixu (Zhongda town, Lang, Linzhi).
Inovio Pharmaceuticals enters collaboration with U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security to assess foot & mouth disease synthetic vaccines' potential to help ensure Nation's food supply safety
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leader in the development of synthetic immunogens against cancers and infectious diseases, announced today that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate Plum Island Animal Disease Center. This collaboration will evaluate the efficacy of Inovio's SynCon® vaccines for foot & mouth disease (FMD) in important animal models including cattle, sheep, and pigs.
Botswana: new outbreak of foot and mouth disease
The outbreak occurred within a fenced subzone in Ngamiland district, on the FMD vaccination zone.
Paraguay: Foot & Mouth Disease outbreak
The SENACSA (National Animal Health and Quality Service) of Paraguay has announced to the IOE detection of clinical signs consistent with foot and mouth disease in 13 cattle less than 24 months old.
New Zealand: New tool for foot and mouth preparedness
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is launching a new tool to help staff at meat processing plants recognise and respond to an incursion of foot and mouth disease in stock, as part of its preparedness for risk organisms.