Rapports, Archives: 63th Session - Appendix 7
Report of the All-Russian Institute for Animal Health, Vladimir, Russia to the 63rd Session of the Executive Committee of EuFMD
Presentation by Dr V. Zakharov, Deputy Director, ARRIAH
FMD situation in the Caucasia countries and other CIS countries
Countries of the buffer zone |
1998 |
1999 |
Azerbaijan |
- |
- |
Armenia |
16 |
- |
Georgia |
102 |
1(A) |
Russia (N.C.) |
- |
- |
Other CIS countries |
1998 |
1999 |
Kazakhstan |
8 |
1(0) |
Kyrghyzstan |
+ |
1(0) |
Turkmenistan |
- |
6(0) |
Uzbekistan |
+ |
? |
Tadjikistan |
+ |
? |
The basis of the creation of the buffer zone (BZ)
-
Letter of Agreement between FAO and ARRIAH 27 May 1999
-
Subagreements for the creation of the buffer zone between ARRIAH and the Veterinary Departments (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia) May-June 1999
-
The provision of equipment and expertise in ARRIAH for emergency actions
The delivery of materials
Bivalent (0A) FMD vaccine
Azerbaijan 350,000 doses
Armenia 250,000 doses
Georgia 300,000 doses + 15,000
Russia 150,000 doses
Emergency stock of vaccines ARRIAH 15,000 doses
Kits for blood sampling for 2,000 samples
Kits for sending of pathological materials...4
Visits of the ARRIAH personnel
Armenia + Georgia - 4 experts (July)
Azerbaijan - 2 experts (October)
Russia 2 experts (September)
Determination of vaccination zones
Creation of the for for protocols, acts and other documents
Collected 1,120 blood samples of 8 districts of Georgia and 2 districts of Armenia and 830 blood samples from 6 districts of Azerbaijan
Visit planning in February 2000
Investigation of materials
767 sera samples from Armenia and Georgia for the presence and level of FMD antibodies
105 sera samples had been passed to the ISZ (Brescia)
460 sera samples from Azerbaijan are being tested now
Pathological materials from Georgia virus type A (Armenia/98)
Animals seropositive:
in Georgia 8-16% cattle
in Armenia- 32-44% cattle and 5-28% in sheep
Postinfectional antibodies (3ABC)
In Georgia - 2% of samples
In Armenia - 49% of samples(45% from cattle 65% from sheep)