Page 21 of articles about foot-and-mouth-disease

A local government’s veterinary service found a cow showed typical clinical signs of FMD by surveillance on 4 July. The affected farm is in a movement control area around Miyazaki city. All susceptible animals in the farm were destroyed on 5 July.

The Canadian Swine Health Board says the pork industry can learn a lot from an incident last week in which operations at a Canadian pork processing plant were temporarily suspended over fears of foot and mouth disease.

The Taiwanese veterinary authorities informed of the appearance of a foot and mouth disease outbreak in the country. The focal point is located on a pig farm in the Baozhong Township of YUN-LIN, with 1296 susceptible animals, and 112 confirmed cases.

In two final reports submitted to the OIE, Korea (Rep.of) declares that foot and mouth disease events having started in April 2010 are closed.

Due to an outbreak of FMD in the Akmolinskaya Oblast of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation has taken several measures.

After the detection of foot and mouth disease in Ecuador, the Peruvian and Colombian authorities have decided to suspend imports of animal products.

The Ecuadorian veterinary authorities have declared quarantine for the provinces of Imbabura, Manabí and Bolívar with the objective of avoiding the spread of a recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease.

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

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.

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 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.

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.