Page 5 of articles about Foot and mouth disease

This is the first report of FMD since 2014 in Tunisia.

After the detection of the disease in cattle and sheep by late February, China has informed of the appearance of the disease in pigs.

The system is planned to be adopted in a year and a half at the most, and it will be voluntary.

The MAPAMA reports that all the prevention measures implemented in 2014 in the face of the circulation of serotype O in the North of Africa are still in force.

Compartimentalisation eliminates the geographical aspect, because each farm is a disease-free entity, and in case of a disease outbreak in a state or region, it facilitates the maintenance of exports.

According to The Korea Times, foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is spreading rapidly nationwide as cattle in another farm tested positive for the virus.

The farm, that is located in the district of Lianxi (Jiujiang, Jiangxi), has 482 susceptible animals.

This could make diagnosis of FMD strains cheaper and easier, as only one integrin would be needed to identify all strains of FMDV.

This status will facilitate the access of the Russian agricultural products to the international markets.

The total population of susceptible animals in the holding is 670, of which 30 developed symptoms.

FMD situation in Libya and Morocco requires to adopt protection measures at Union level which take into account the survival of the virus in the environment and potential transmission routes of that virus.

The farm, with 2300 susceptible animals of which 172 cases, is located in Fassuta (Acco, Hazafon).

The health situation in relation to FMD in the countries of North Africa puts Spain, in the first instance, and the European Union straight after, in a position of imminent risk of disease transmission.