Disease Information

13 April 2001
Vol. 14 - No. 15

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

See also: 6 April 2001, 30 March 2001, 23 March 2001

Summary of an e-mail received on 12 April 2001 from Dr Frederik H. Pluimers, Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries, The Hague:

End of previous report period: 5 April 2001 (see Disease Information, 14 [14], 80, dated 6 April 2001).

End of this report period: 12 April 2001.

New outbreaks:

Location	No. of outbreaks
Gelderland province	8
Friesland province	2

Total number of animals in the new outbreaks:

species	susceptible	cases	deaths	destroyed	slaughtered
bov	932	66	0	932	0
ovi	24	0	0	24	0
cap	3	0	0	3	0

Epidemiology: two outbreaks (Nos. 2001/22 and 25) are situated in the northern part of the Netherlands, in the province of Friesland. The distance between these two dairy farms and the other outbreaks (in the provinces of Overijssel and Gelderland) is about 100 km. Up to now, no links with the other outbreaks have been found.

Control measures: around each of the two outbreaks in Friesland, preventive culling will take place in an area with a radius of 1 km. Suppressive vaccination and preventive culling will take place in one area of about 2 km around the two outbreaks.

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