Disease Information

9 March 2001
Vol. 14 - No. 10

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN MONGOLIA
Follow-up report No. 1

See also: 23 February 2001, 4 August 2000, 4 August 2000, 19 May 2000, 5 May 2000

Text of a fax received on 3 March 2001 from Dr Ravdan Sanjaatogtokh, Director, State Veterinary Services, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ulaanbaatar:

End of previous report period: 19 February 2001 (see Disease Information, 14 [8], 33, dated 23 February 2001).

End of this report period: 1 March 2001.

New outbreaks:

Location	No. of outbreaks
Dornod	2

Total number of animals in the new outbreaks:

species	susceptible	cases	deaths	destroyed	slaughtered
bov + ovi + cap	32,838	260	53	677	0

Causal agent: FMD virus type O (O 1759/Mongolia/2001).

Control measures during reporting period:

- Quarantine and movement control inside the Dornod and Sukhebaatar provinces.

- Modified stamping-out policy.

- Vaccination of animals in the outbreak area at an interval of 14 days. Mass vaccination of all susceptible animals in Dornod and Sukhebaatar provinces has started.