Disease Information
8 December 2000
Vol. 13 - No. 48FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN MAURITANIA
Emergency report
Translation of an e-mail received on 7 December 2000 from Dr Mokhtar Fall, Deputy Director, Department of Animal Production and Agriculture, Ministry of Rural Development and Environment, Nouakchott:
Report date: 7 December 2000.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.
Date of initial detection of animal health incident: 12 November 2000.
Estimated date of first infection: 1 November 2000.
Outbreaks:
Location No. of outbreaks 15º 31' N - 12º 13' W (wilaya of Guidimaka, in the southern part of the country) 1 Description of affected population: bovines of all ages.
Total number of animals in the outbreak:
species susceptible cases deaths destroyed slaughtered bov 841 124 2 0 0 Diagnosis:
A. Laboratory where diagnosis was made: the OIE World Reference Laboratory for foot and mouth disease (Pirbright, United Kingdom).
B. Causal agent: foot and mouth disease virus type O.
Source of agent / origin of infection: the disease was introduced by transhumant herds which stayed in the area.
Control measures: vaccination against foot and mouth disease is currently not applied in Mauritania, although the importation of vaccine to immunise the livestock is being envisaged.
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