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Foot-and-mouth (FMD) is a very contagious viral disease. It is most often caught by cattle and swine, but can also affect sheep, goats, and deer. Humans do not become ill from FMD, but can carry the virus and spread it to animals. The symptoms include blisters and erosions in mouth or on feet, which result in lameness and excessive salivation in the infected animal. Vaccines for FMD are available to prevent the spread of the disease.
U.S. Cattleman’s Association asks officials for ban on imports from any FMD affected country 28 March 2011 High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal [edited] [CAHFS DailyNews] U.S. ranchers from all over the country traveled to the nation's capitol to bring their personal stories about issues affecting today's cattle industry. The week consisted of meetings with officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, as well as a full-day spent on the Hill. The priority issues addressed by ranchers throughout the week centered on beef trade, Equal Access to Justice Act reform, restraining the Environmental Protection Agency's growing influence, as well as the Beef Checkoff program and market reform. Because of the recent events in South Korea regarding the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak, USCA members urged policy-makers to adopt a moratorium against any U.S. access from a known FMD-affected region.
Major Drive Launched Aiming to Bring FMD under Progressive Global Control
24 July 2009
FAO [edited][CAHFS]
A major offensive aimed at bringing Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) under global control has been launched by FAO and the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The initiative, presented and supported at a recent OIE/FAO Global Conference on FMD in Asunciòn, Paraguay, provides for the launch of a global program for the progressive control of FMD. It will be implemented in the Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Trans-boundary Animal Diseases, signed by the two partners in 2004.
FMD easily crosses national boundaries so that regional and international approaches are needed on the lines of the successful FAO-led Global Rinderpest Eradication Program (GREP). Launched in1994 the GREP initiative has resulted in the elimination of amajor devastating disease in cattle.
FAO- Regional Plan for Food-and-Mouth Disease control approved/Middle East outbreaks spread as far as Libya
08 May 2009
African Press Organisation - News [edited] [ProMed]
The FAO-designed regional road map was approved by the 38th session of the FAO European Commission on Foot-and-Mouth Disease [FMD] in Rome. It is a far-reaching strategy designed to put an end to the devastating disease in 14 West Asian and Middle East countries most directly affected.
In the 1st 2 months of 2009 more than 130 cases of type A FMD outbreaks were recorded in central and southern Iraq and cases of the same strain were also discovered in Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon and as far afield as Libya, FAO said.
There is concern the disease could spread to neighbouring FMD-free zones in the Mediterranean area. FMD is a highly contagious disease affecting cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic animals such as cattle, sheep and pigs and although it is rarely transmitted to humans an outbreak can increase the price of protein for poor people and wreak havoc on farmers' incomes.
Type A is particularly dangerous because it is difficult to keep emergency stocks of suitable vaccines as the strain evolves and mutates rapidly.
Several agencies and donors, including the FAO, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the European Commission (EC) and the Asian Development Bank, support programmes in Eastern Europe, West and Central Asia and the Middle East aimed at controlling FMD.
In addition, most governments in this region invest heavily in FMD control programmes, and receive technical assistance from FAO. The roadmap will help to improve early warning, prevention and outbreak control measures, as well as boost the presence and accessibility of European expertise and technical know-how. It will be carried out under the umbrella of the OIE/FAO Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Trans-boundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADS).
Meat imports into many countries of the Middle and Near East are expanding due to growing demand from large sections of the population, increasing the probability of trans-boundary infection. Decisive investments in surveillance, detection and control of this dangerous disease are therefore regarded generally as particularly well justified.
Related stories:
11 May 2009- Foot-and-Mouth Disease plan drawn up for Europe
ABC Australia [edited] [FSNet]
A plan to stop Foot-and-Mouth disease spreading to Europe, has been agreed on by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.
14 Middle Eastern and West Asian countries including Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Lebanon are most affected by the disease which is transmitted by cloven-hoofed animals.
The plan involves coordinating the different agencies and authorities which control the disease, to prevent it moving further west.
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U.S. Cattleman’s Association asks officials for ban on imports from any FMD affected country 28 March 2011 High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal [edited] [CAHFS DailyNews] U.S. ranchers from all over the country traveled to the nation's capitol to bring their personal stories about issues affecting today's cattle industry. The week consisted of meetings with officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, as well as a full-day spent on the Hill. The priority issues addressed by ranchers throughout the week centered on beef trade, Equal Access to Justice Act reform, restraining the Environmental Protection Agency's growing influence, as well as the Beef Checkoff program and market reform. Because of the recent events in South Korea regarding the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak, USCA members urged policy-makers to adopt a moratorium against any U.S. access from a known FMD-affected region.
Major Drive Launched Aiming to Bring FMD under Progressive Global Control
24 July 2009
FAO [edited][CAHFS]
A major offensive aimed at bringing Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) under global control has been launched by FAO and the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The initiative, presented and supported at a recent OIE/FAO Global Conference on FMD in Asunciòn, Paraguay, provides for the launch of a global program for the progressive control of FMD. It will be implemented in the Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Trans-boundary Animal Diseases, signed by the two partners in 2004.
FMD easily crosses national boundaries so that regional and international approaches are needed on the lines of the successful FAO-led Global Rinderpest Eradication Program (GREP). Launched in1994 the GREP initiative has resulted in the elimination of amajor devastating disease in cattle.
FAO- Regional Plan for Food-and-Mouth Disease control approved/Middle East outbreaks spread as far as Libya
08 May 2009
African Press Organisation - News [edited] [ProMed]
The FAO-designed regional road map was approved by the 38th session of the FAO European Commission on Foot-and-Mouth Disease [FMD] in Rome. It is a far-reaching strategy designed to put an end to the devastating disease in 14 West Asian and Middle East countries most directly affected.
In the 1st 2 months of 2009 more than 130 cases of type A FMD outbreaks were recorded in central and southern Iraq and cases of the same strain were also discovered in Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon and as far afield as Libya, FAO said.
There is concern the disease could spread to neighbouring FMD-free zones in the Mediterranean area. FMD is a highly contagious disease affecting cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic animals such as cattle, sheep and pigs and although it is rarely transmitted to humans an outbreak can increase the price of protein for poor people and wreak havoc on farmers' incomes.
Type A is particularly dangerous because it is difficult to keep emergency stocks of suitable vaccines as the strain evolves and mutates rapidly.
Several agencies and donors, including the FAO, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the European Commission (EC) and the Asian Development Bank, support programmes in Eastern Europe, West and Central Asia and the Middle East aimed at controlling FMD.
In addition, most governments in this region invest heavily in FMD control programmes, and receive technical assistance from FAO. The roadmap will help to improve early warning, prevention and outbreak control measures, as well as boost the presence and accessibility of European expertise and technical know-how. It will be carried out under the umbrella of the OIE/FAO Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Trans-boundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADS).
Meat imports into many countries of the Middle and Near East are expanding due to growing demand from large sections of the population, increasing the probability of trans-boundary infection. Decisive investments in surveillance, detection and control of this dangerous disease are therefore regarded generally as particularly well justified.
Related stories:
11 May 2009- Foot-and-Mouth Disease plan drawn up for Europe
ABC Australia [edited] [FSNet]
A plan to stop Foot-and-Mouth disease spreading to Europe, has been agreed on by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.
14 Middle Eastern and West Asian countries including Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Lebanon are most affected by the disease which is transmitted by cloven-hoofed animals.
The plan involves coordinating the different agencies and authorities which control the disease, to prevent it moving further west.
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