Disease Information

6 April 2001
Vol. 14 - No. 14

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN ARGENTINA
Follow-up report No. 3

See also: 30 March 2001, 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

Summary of data received up to 3 April 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: 24 March 2001 (see Disease Information, 14 [13], 69, dated 30 March 2001).

End of this report period: 3 April 2001.

New outbreaks:

Location	No. of outbreaks
Buenos Aires province	60
Cordoba province	6
La Pampa province	6
San Luis province	2
Santa Fe province	2

Summary of confirmed outbreaks as of 3 April 2001:

Location	No. of outbreaks
Buenos Aires province	115
Cordoba province	8
La Pampa province	11
San Luis province	7
Santa Fe province	8
Total No. of outbreaks	149

Total number of animals in outbreaks as of 3 April 2001:

species	susceptible	cases	deaths	destroyed	slaughtered
bov	116,324	4,932	...	...	...

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