Disease Information
11 May 2001
Vol. 14 - No. 19
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN KUWAIT
Follow-up report No. 1
See also: 27 April 2001, 1 September 2000, 9 June 2000
Text of a fax received on 5 May 2001 from Dr Sultan Al-Khalaf, Deputy Director General, The Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAF), Safat:
End of previous report period: 21 April 2001 (see Disease Information, 14 [17], 93, dated 27 April 2001).
End of this report period: 30 April 2001.
The outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) at Kabd, which was reported on 21 April 2001, has run its full course. Five more calves in the herd contracted the disease, raising the total number affected to 30, one of which died.
Total number of animals in the outbreak (updated data):
species susceptible cases deaths destroyed slaughtered bov 66 30 1 0 0
Source of agent / origin of infection: the source of infection is suspected to be sheep on the farm into which the susceptible calves were introduced, and the mode of transmission may therefore be contact with sheep.
Three new outbreaks of FMD at Kabd were detected through surveillance for the disease. In addition, an outbreak was found at Wafra through epidemiological investigations (tracing forward).
New outbreaks:
Location No. of outbreaks Kabd 3 Wafra 1
Total number of animals in the new outbreaks:
species susceptible cases deaths destroyed slaughtered bov 78 10 0 0 0
Mode of spread: two calves were sold to a stockowner at Wafra by the owner of the herd in the first outbreak at Kabd. These calves could have been incubating the disease when they were sold and developed the disease on 21 April 2001.
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