FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN ARGENTINA
Follow-up report No. 7

See also: 27 April 2001, 20 April 2001, 13 April 2001, 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

Translation of a fax received on 30 April 2001 from Dr Bernardo Gabriel Cane, President, National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (SENASA), Secretariat for Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, Buenos Aires:

End of previous report period: 21 April 2001 (see Disease Information, 14 [17], 95, dated 27 April 2001).

End of this report period: 28 April 2001.

During the week from 22 to 28 April 2001, a total of 129 outbreaks of foot and mouth disease were confirmed on a clinical and laboratory basis, in cattle in various districts and departments in provinces of Argentina.

The total number of outbreaks registered up to 28 April 2001 is 479.

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