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FAO: Keeping foot-and-mouth disease under control in the Balkans
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.
Modeling the impact of vaccination control strategies on a foot and mouth disease outbreak in the Central United States.
The results of this study will provide information about the impacts of disease control protocols which may be useful in choosing the optimal control methods to meet the goals of rapid effective control and eradication.
Philippines: DA chief orders ban on FMD-susceptible imported products
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.
South Korea: foot and mouth disease in pigs
The veterinary authorities of South Korea have confirmed the presence of FMD in 30 pigs.
China: FMD outbreak affecting pigs
The focus is located Sizhao (Dongtai, Dongdai, Jiangsu), with 34 susceptible animals and 4 cases.
Results of the 26th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe
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
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.
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NewsUnited States: USDA announces ASF/FMD surveillance pilot project
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.
European Union: emergency consignment of Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine to Algeria and Tunisia
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.
Russia: negotiations with secretary of the FAO's European Commission for FMD control
The parties discussed possibilities to conduct training in transboundary diseases for Russian specialists of West Eurasia involved in FMD roadmap under the EuFMD umbrella.
China confirms FMD in pigs
The focus is located in Lianghong company, Sihong (Suqian, Jiangsu), with 9 susceptible animals and 3 cases.
Argentina: the area free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination has been extended
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.
Brazil: several states certified as foot-and-mouth disease-free
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.
Bolivia is free of foot-and-mouth disease
During the last meeting of the OIE, this organization decided, unanimously, to certify that Bolivia is free of foot-and-mouth disease.
Russia: three new foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks
Last Friday the Russian veterinary authorities confirmed to the OIE three new FMD outbreaks in Primorsky Kray.