Disease Information

16 March 2001
Vol. 14 - No. 11

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN MONGOLIA
Follow-up report No. 2

See also: 9 March 2001, 23 February 2001, 4 August 2000, 4 August 2000, 19 May 2000, 5 May 2000

Text of a fax received on 10 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 9 March 2001).

End of this report period: 1 March 2001.

New outbreaks:

Location	No. of outbreaks
Khentii	1

Total number of animals in the new outbreaks:

species	susceptible	cases	deaths	destroyed	slaughtered
bov + ovi + cap	...	...	...	...	0

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

Control measures: the vaccination has started in five counties of Khentii province.

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