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December

• Foot & mouth dis. - Swaziland & S. Africa (02) , ProMED-mail, 30 December 2000 -- Cattle owners in two areas of Swaziland affected by the foot and mouth disease or FMD have complained bitterly against a government order to kill their animals without compensation
• SWAZILAND: Foot-and-mouth takes its toll, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 29 December 2000 -- At least 2,000 head of cattle are to be slaughtered in Swaziland's eastern Lubombo region this week after veterinary officials discovered they had been infected with foot-and-mouth disease,
• Foot And Mouth Disease In South Africa, Disease Information, Vol. 13 - No. 50, , 22 December 2000 -- The foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in a feedlot ("Arendsfontein") in the Middelburg District of Mpumalanga Province, which was reported on 30 November 2000, is still contained on the feedlot where it was detected and has not spread to any other property.
• Foot And Mouth Disease In Uruguay, Disease Information, Vol. 13 - No. 50, , 22 December 2000 -- Sentinel animals (100 bovines aged less than two years and 10 piglets that are free from antibodies against foot and mouth disease virus) have been in place since 7 December 2000.
• Foot And Mouth Disease In Swaziland, Disease Information, Vol. 13 - No. 50, , 22 December 2000 -- 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
• Foot & mouth disease, wildebeest - Tanzania , ProMED-mail, 21 December 2000 -- An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed for the first time among wildebeest in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park
• Foot And Mouth Disease In Swaziland, Office International des Epizooties, Disease Information, Vol. 13 - No. 49, 15 December 2000 -- FMD virus SAT 1 was identified in 8 cattle out of 110 imported from South Africa on 23 November 2000. All 110 imported animals were destroyed and buried under veterinary supervision.
• Foot And Mouth Disease In South Africa, Office International des Epizooties, Disease Information, Vol. 13 - No. 49, 15 December 2000 -- The foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in a feedlot ("Arendsfontein") in the Middelburg District of Mpumalanga Province, which was reported on 30 November 2000, is still contained on the feedlot where it was detected and has not spread to any other property. Meanwhile, on 8 November 2000, 4 positive serological results, without evidence of clinical signs, were obtained using the liquid phase blocking ELISA (LPBE) test for foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus serotype O (log titres equal to or greater than 1.6).
• Foot & mouth disease, import ban - Dubai , ProMED-mail, 13 December 2000 -- The Municipality has banned imports of cows from Pakistan after 2 shiploads of cattle were found to be suffering from foot and mouth disease in the past 6 weeks.
• Foot And Mouth Disease In Mauritania, Office International des Epizooties, Disease Information, Vol. 13 - No. 48, 08 December 2000 -- 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
• Foot And Mouth Disease In South Africa, Office International des Epizooties, Disease Information, Vol. 13 - No. 48, 08 December 2000 -- Text of an e-mail received on 2 December 2000 from Dr Emily Mmamakgaba Mogajane, Chief Director, Agricultural Production, National Department of Agriculture, Pretoria
• SOUTH AFRICA-BOTSWANA: Meat ban causes shortages in Botswana, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 06 December 2000 -- The ban on livestock products from South Africa and Swaziland due to the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease is causing acute shortages in neighbouring Botswana,
• SOUTH AFRICA: Foot-and-mouth disease could cost US $1 billion, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 04 December 2000 -- Following a second outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the crisis which started in KwaZulu-Natal Province three months ago could cost South Africa and its neighbours US $1 billion

  November

• SOUTH AFRICA: Mpumalanga struck by foot-and-mouth outbreak, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 30 November 2000 -- A second foot-and-mouth disease outbreak has occurred in South Africa's eastern province of Mpumalanga
• SOUTH AFRICA: Tanzania bans meat imports, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 24 November 2000 -- Tanzania has banned imports of meat and meat products of cloven-hoofed animals from South Africa where there is an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease
• SOUTH AFRICA: Foot-and-mouth quarantine zone extended, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 18 November 2000 -- About a quarter of South Africa's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province - almost two million hectares of land - was cordoned off at the weekend pending the vaccination of many more cloven-hoofed animals.
• SOUTH AFRICA: Foot-and-mouth quarantine zone extended, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 13 November 2000 -- About a quarter of South Africa's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province - almost two million hectares of land - was cordoned off at the weekend pending the vaccination of many more cloven-hoofed animals.
• SIMULATION: Nov 6-9 in Canada, US and Mexico - NOT an Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease - Canadian Food Inspection Agency Announcement in English (HTML | PDF) and French (HTML | PDF)

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