Disease Information

13 April 2001
Vol. 14 - No. 15

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN ARGENTINA
Follow-up report No. 4

See also: 6 April 2001, 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 10 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: 3 April 2001 (see Disease Information, 14 [14], 78, dated 6 April 2001).

End of this report period: 10 April 2001.

New outbreaks:

Location	No. of outbreaks
Buenos Aires province	61
Cordoba province	1
La Pampa province	7
San Luis province	1
Santa Fe province	3

Summary of confirmed outbreaks as of 10 April 2001:

Location	No. of outbreaks
Buenos Aires province	176
Cordoba province	9
La Pampa province	18
San Luis province	8
Santa Fe province	11
Total No. of outbreaks	222

Total number of animals in outbreaks reported up to 10 April 2001:

species	susceptible	cases	deaths	destroyed	slaughtered
...	201,198	7,936	...	...	...

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