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RINDERPEST
Fifth Coordination Meeting of the IAEA Regional Model Project RAW/5/004 - Support for Rinderpest Surveillance in West Asia, 9-15 October 1999
Declaration of Nigeria
Declaration of the Niger
Declaration of Sri Lanka
Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme (GREP)

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER
Number of pigs destroyed during the period under review

BLUETONGUE

RIFT VALLEY FEVER
Rift Valley fever in Mauritania

FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE

TADINFO
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NEWS
Training course for veterinarians and technicians on contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) and other important mycoplasma diseases, ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya, 11-21 September 2000
AVIS Consortium Molecular Diagnostic Techniques Overview

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FAO REFERENCE LABORATORIES AND COLLABORATING CENTRES

NEWS@RADISCON
Surveillance for the eradication of sheep pox from the Mediterranean Maghreb
Communication/extension materials for sheep pox
Strengthening the regional components of the Algerian Animal Disease Surveillance System with special emphasis on foot-and-mouth disease
Missions undertaken to implement TADinfo in the Maghreb
Strategy for the Brucellosis Eradication Programme in Libya
Publication announcement

The Director-General has appointed Peter Roeder as Animal Health Officer (Virology), a post which carries with it the responsibility of being the GREP Secretary, with effect from 1 January 2000.

RINDERPEST SURVEILLANCE IN WEST ASIA

The Fifth Coordination Meeting of the IAEA Regional Model Project RAW/5/004 - Support for Rinderpest Surveillance in West Asia was held in Damascus from 9 to 15 October 1999.

Livestock production is of great importance for the well-being of the inhabitants of this region and livestock trading contributes very significantly to national economies. Hence rinderpest eradication is a major concern for the countries participating at this meeting. The 1999 meeting provided the opportunity for veterinary scientists engaged in rinderpest diagnosis, surveillance and control to review progress in rinderpest eradication and consider strategy options

BLUETONGUE IN TUNISIA

In December 1999, an outbreak of bluetongue was reported in Tunisia for the first time after detection of antibodies and the observation of clinical signs in sheep. The outbreaks were located in seven districts (Ouardanine, Jemmel, Bembla, Zeramdine, El Djem, Sousse and Sfax south) in the governorates of Monastir, Mahdia and Sfax, and involved 8 924 small ruminants. A total of 829 cases were seen, of which 325 animals died