Disease Information

22 December 2000
Vol. 13 - No. 50

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN SWAZILAND
Virus SAT 1 in imported animals (Follow-up report No. 2)

See also: 15 December 2000, 1 December 2000

Text of a fax received on 19 December 2000 from Dr Robert S. Thwala, Director of Veterinary and Livestock Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Mbabane:

End of previous report period: 6 December 2000 (see Disease Information, 13 [49], 227, dated 15 December 2000).

End of this report period: 13 December 2000.

Quarantine and active surveillance measures are being maintained.

The first mouthing of all 7,174 cattle in the Manzini/Matsapha quarantine zone was completed with no detection of any signs of foot and mouth disease (FMD).

The Manzini abattoir was reopened but for animals within the "guard areas" only.

All FMD check points securing the "guard areas" continue to operate with the necessary vigilance.

The SMI abattoir has been sanitized for the third time under strict veterinary supervision.

Quarantine measures at the abattoir are still maintained with the necessary vigilance.

The ban on the importation of cloven-hoofed animals and their products from the affected provinces of South Africa is still in force.

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