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In a final report submitted to the OIE, Hong Kong notifies that foot and mouth disease events of serotype O having started in February 2010 are resolved.

The Philippines has inched closer to being declared entirely free of the highly contagious Foot and Mouth Disease plaguing hogs after the Department of Agriculture (DA) last month secured a certification from Paris-based Office International des Epizooties (OIE) recognizing two of the three zones (Zones 1 and 3) in Luzon as FMD-free without vaccination.

In a follow-up report submitted to the OIE, Japan notifies 86 foot and mouth disease outbreaks of serotype O occurred in the Miyazaki region.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has reported an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in pigs in Hong Kong.

Japan ordered more than 1 percent of its swine herd to be slaughtered after Miyazaki prefecture, the nation’s second-biggest growing region, declared a “state of emergency” as an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease spreads.

Pork exports to Hong Kong have resumed after being suspended due to the discovery last month of foot-and-mouth disease in pigs and cows in Miyazaki Prefecture, the agriculture ministry said.

Since the first notification of the presence of foot and mouth disease in China, in March 2010, the OIE has reported the appearance of 10 new focal points spread throughout the country.

The OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health) reports an outbreak in Dornod.

FAO urged heightened international surveillance against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) following three recent incursions in Japan and South Korea.

South Korea has banned imports of all meat and by-products from cloven-hoofed animals in Japan after Tokyo confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease

Four more outbreaks were found between 24 and 28 April 2010 at three more locations in the Southern Miyazaki Prefecture, including Japan's first cases involving pigs at Kawaminami-cho Koyu-gun.

The OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health) reports an outbreak at a farm in Sinri-myeon, Chungju-city, Korea.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) reports a suspected outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) at a cattle farm in Tsuno-cho Koyu-gun, Miyazaki. If it is confirmed, it will be the first outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Japan since 2000

Australia’s livestock industries and the Federal Government are investing in a new five-year $5 million research program to address vulnerabilities in Australia’s readiness to control Foot and Mouth Disease.

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance lifts from 7 April 2010 previously imposed temporary restrictions (Rosselkhoznadzor Instruction FS-NV-2/8807 dd. 14.08.2009) on import from Colombia (excluding the Nariño Department) to Russia of animals susceptible to FMD, beef, mutton, pork, milk and dairy products including finished products and feeds of animal origin, other raw materials and products derived from animals susceptible to FMD, used equipment for their management, slaughter and processing.

An outbreak of foot and mouth disease serotype O was confirmed at a beef cattle farm in Seonwon-myeon, Ganghwa-gun.