Page 7 of articles about foot-and-mouth-disease

The European Union and FAO have stepped up efforts to assist countries to prepare for any possible outbreaks of devastating foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in cattle, sheep, goats and other animals, including in the Balkans.  

The temporary ban affects animals that may be susceptible to FMD and their products and by-products, coming from Chungcheongbuk-Do, Korea; Jiangsu, China; and Caprivi, Namibia.

The veterinary authorities of South Korea have confirmed the presence of FMD in 30 pigs.

The focus is located Sizhao (Dongtai, Dongdai, Jiangsu), with 34 susceptible animals and 4 cases.

The 26th Conference of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Regional Commission for Europe, attended by 53 Member Countries from the Region.

The state of foot-and-mouth disease in the north of Africa worsens with the notification of the first outbreak in Algeria (where the last outbreak had been notified in 1999), and the spreading of the disease to Tunisia.

Pathogen-specific surveillance for ASF/FMD during this 12 month pilot will be based on the collection of whole blood samples (ASF) and oral swabs (FMD) from domestic swine with higher risk of ASF and/or FMD exposure than the average swine.

The European Commission is sending, as an emergency response, a total of 1.1 million doses of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccines to the Algerian and Tunisian authorities.

The parties discussed possibilities to conduct training in transboundary diseases for Russian specialists of West Eurasia involved in FMD roadmap under the EuFMD umbrella.

The focus is located in Lianghong company, Sihong (Suqian, Jiangsu), with 9 susceptible animals and 3 cases.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) gave its official recognition as a foot-and-mouth disease-free area in which vaccination is not performed to the region of Patagonia Norte A.

The OIE declared eradicated the foot-and-mouth disease in the Brazilian states of Alagoas, Maranhão, Paraíba, Ceará, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco and the north of Pará.

During the last meeting of the OIE, this organization decided, unanimously, to certify that Bolivia is free of foot-and-mouth disease.

Last Friday the Russian veterinary authorities confirmed to the OIE three new FMD outbreaks in Primorsky Kray.

During this week, the Assembly examined the worldwide animal health situation, and gave special attention to the latest sanitary episodes of importance.