Disease Information

30 March 2001
Vol. 14 - No. 13

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

See also: 23 March 2001, 16 March 2001, 23 February 2001, 6 October 2000, 22 September 2000, 15 September 2000, 8 September 2000, 1 September 2000, 25 August 2000, 19 August 2000, 11 August 2000

Translation of the summary of faxes received on 22 and 26 March 2001 from Dr Eduardo Jesús Greco, Deputy Executive President, National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (SENASA), Secretariat for Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, Buenos Aires:

End of previous report period: 16 March 2001 (see Disease Information, 14 [12], 61, dated 23 March 2001).

End of this report period: 24 March 2001.

New outbreaks:

Location	No. of outbreaks
Buenos Aires province	33
La Pampa province	3
San Luis province	3
Santa Fe province	3

Summary table of confirmed outbreaks as of 24 March 2001:

Location	No. of outbreaks
Buenos Aires province	55
Cordoba province	2
La Pampa province	5
San Luis province	5
Santa Fe province	6
Total No. of outbreaks	73

Total number of animals in the outbreaks confirmed as of 24 March 2001:

species	susceptible	cases	deaths	destroyed	slaughtered
bov	103,319	3,667	...	...	...