FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM / GREAT BRITAIN
Follow-up report No. 8

See also: 20 April 2001, 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 25 April 2001 from Dr J.M. Scudamore, Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, London:

End of previous report period: 17 April 2001 (see Disease Information, 14 [16], 91, dated 20 April 2001).

End of this report period: 24 April 2001.

Number of new outbreaks: 120.

Total number of outbreaks confirmed since the beginning of the epizootic: 1,461.

Total number of animals slaughtered and destroyed (or awaiting destruction) in the outbreaks confirmed since the beginning of the epizootic:

species
bov	379,000
ovi	1,576,000
cap	2,000
sui	105,000

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FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN THE NETHERLANDS
Follow-up report No. 5

See also: 20 April 2001, 13 April 2001, 6 April 2001, 30 March 2001, 23 March 2001

Extracts from an e-mail received on 26 April 2001 from Dr Frederik H. Pluimers, Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries, The Hague:

End of previous report period: 20 April 2001 (see Disease Information, 14 [16], 92, dated 20 April 2001).

End of this report period: 26 April 2001.

New outbreaks:

Location	No. of outbreaks
Overijssel province	1

Total number of animals in the new outbreak:

species	susceptible	cases	deaths	destroyed	slaughtered
bov	76	1	0	76	0

This outbreak (No. 2001/26) was diagnosed on 22 April 2001. It is a dairy farm contiguous to outbreak No. 2001/13 (see Disease Information, 14 [14], 80, dated 6 April 2001) and situated within the surveillance zone of the other outbreaks in the provinces of Overijssel and Gelderland.

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