Disease Information

20 April 2001
Vol. 14 - No. 16

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM / NORTHERN IRELAND
Follow-up report No. 1

See also: 9 March 2001

Summary of two faxes received on 15 and 17 April 2001 from Dr J.M. Scudamore, Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, London:

End of previous report period: 2 March 2001 (see Disease Information, 14 [10], 42, dated 9 March 2001).

End of this report period: 17 April 2001.

New outbreaks:

Location	No. of outbreaks
County Tyrone	1
County Antrim	1

Total number of animals in the new outbreaks:

species	susceptible	cases	deaths	destroyed	slaughtered
bov	...	...	0	62	0
ovi	...	...	40	90	0

Laboratory where diagnosis was confirmed: Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, Surrey (OIE World Reference Laboratory for foot and mouth disease).

Source of agent / origin of infection: unknown at present.

Control measures: stamping-out policy; control programme covering the whole of Northern Ireland. Three-kilometre and ten-kilometre zones established around the outbreaks. Susceptible species slaughtered on adjacent premises. Carcases destroyed by burning.

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FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM / GREAT BRITAIN
Follow-up report No. 7

See also: 13 April 2001, 6 April 2001, 30 March 2001, 23 March 2001, 16 March 2001, 2 March 2001, 23 February 2001

Summary of data received up to 17 April 2001 from Dr J.M. Scudamore, Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, London:

End of previous report period: 11 April 2001 (see Disease Information, 14 [15], 86, dated 13 April 2001).

End of this report period: 17 April 2001.

Number of new outbreaks: 106.

Total number of outbreaks: 1,341.

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