Foot-and-mouth disease virus type C reported in Brazil

MAPA/SDA/DDA

Official laboratory results of an outbreak of FMD reported in Brazil indicated FMD serotype C, which had not been reported in South America for almost ten years. The outbreak affected bovines on an island in the Amazon River where animal movement is performed exclusively by river boat, and which is separated from the World Organisation for Animal Health-recognized FMD-free zone with vaccination by more than 500 km. The Brazilian authorities quarantined the affected premises and curtailed animal movement.

Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme

Significant progress has been made in accreditation of rinderpest freedom, with many more countries signing on to the World Organisation for Animal Health OIE pathway. Most significant has been the progress in the Arabian Peninsula and Mongolia.

Participatory disease surveillance techniques

Bolivian and international practitioners of participatory epidemiology recently evaluated and adapted techniques used in participatory disease surveillance to the classical swine fever situation in Bolivian smallholder systems.

Avian influenza in Asia

Since June 2004, new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 have been reported in poultry in China, Malaysia, Thailand and Viet Nam. Countries in the region continue to implement control programmes and conduct scientific investigations, and FAO has launched Technical Cooperation Programme projects.

FAO Animal Production and Health Division