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Ecuador confirms 48 cases of foot-and-mouth disease
23 Jun 2009
Xinhua News Agency [edited] [FSNet]
The Ecuadorian government on Tuesday confirmed 48 cases of foot-and-mouth disease in domestic animals, which prompted neighboring Colombia and Peru to take preventive measures on their meat imports.
The government is expected to take drastic measures such as culling domestic animals that had not been vaccinated. One "should not play" with the disease, said Agriculture and Livestock Minister.
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24 June 2009- Ecuador confirms 48 cases of foot-and-mouth disease
Cctv.com [CAHFS]
03 Jul 2009- Foot & Mouth Disease, bovine
Diario Correo, Agence France-Presse (AFP) report [in Spanish, trans. Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ, edited][ProMed]
Yesterday [2 Jul 2009], the minister of Agriculture and Livestock was quoted as saying that 74 cases of foot-and-mouth disease [FMD] have been recorded in Ecuador. In 2009, FMD reappeared on the border with Colombia and spread to various zones in the country.
The official, who a week ago [week of 22 Jun 2009] had reported 69 cases of bovine infection, noted that the cases appeared initially in the provinces of Esmeraldas and Cachi (in the north of the country, on the border with Colombia) and spread to the Andean center and south (including El Oro, on the border with Peru).
Ecuador is planning on vaccinating 4 million heads of cattle to control the disease. The goal is to end vaccination by 2012 when it expects to be declared free of the disease.
Ecuador- Foot & Mouth Disease, Bovine
31 May 2009
Elcomercio.com [trans. Mod.JG, edited] [ProMed]
A resurgence of foot-and-mouth disease [FMD] occurred in 3 locations in Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas [a province of Ecuador]: Pueblo Nuevo, Colorados del Bua, and Alma Lojana.
In this latter place, one man’s farm has 175 animals affected by the disease. The man noticed that his recently bought animals developed signs of FMD. Their tongues became affected; they started drooling, and they ceased to eat. As a consequence, these animals lost weight and passed on the disease to others. The farmer reported the occurrence to the Ecuadorian Agency for Agriculture Quality Assurance. He also reported that last Sunday [24 May 2009], officers from the aforementioned agency took samples from infected animals.
Yesterday [30 May 2009], the Santo Domingo farmers association requested that the Ministry of Agriculture declare a quarantine state in the country and to decree that cattle movement should only be from farms to slaughterhouses in order to prevent a USD 100 million loss in the 1st year as well as losses of USD 60 and 30 million for the following 2nd and 3rd years.
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23 Jun 2009
Xinhua News Agency [edited] [FSNet]
The Ecuadorian government on Tuesday confirmed 48 cases of foot-and-mouth disease in domestic animals, which prompted neighboring Colombia and Peru to take preventive measures on their meat imports.
The government is expected to take drastic measures such as culling domestic animals that had not been vaccinated. One "should not play" with the disease, said Agriculture and Livestock Minister.
Related stories:
24 June 2009- Ecuador confirms 48 cases of foot-and-mouth disease
Cctv.com [CAHFS]
03 Jul 2009- Foot & Mouth Disease, bovine
Diario Correo, Agence France-Presse (AFP) report [in Spanish, trans. Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ, edited][ProMed]
Yesterday [2 Jul 2009], the minister of Agriculture and Livestock was quoted as saying that 74 cases of foot-and-mouth disease [FMD] have been recorded in Ecuador. In 2009, FMD reappeared on the border with Colombia and spread to various zones in the country.
The official, who a week ago [week of 22 Jun 2009] had reported 69 cases of bovine infection, noted that the cases appeared initially in the provinces of Esmeraldas and Cachi (in the north of the country, on the border with Colombia) and spread to the Andean center and south (including El Oro, on the border with Peru).
Ecuador is planning on vaccinating 4 million heads of cattle to control the disease. The goal is to end vaccination by 2012 when it expects to be declared free of the disease.
Ecuador- Foot & Mouth Disease, Bovine
31 May 2009
Elcomercio.com [trans. Mod.JG, edited] [ProMed]
A resurgence of foot-and-mouth disease [FMD] occurred in 3 locations in Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas [a province of Ecuador]: Pueblo Nuevo, Colorados del Bua, and Alma Lojana.
In this latter place, one man’s farm has 175 animals affected by the disease. The man noticed that his recently bought animals developed signs of FMD. Their tongues became affected; they started drooling, and they ceased to eat. As a consequence, these animals lost weight and passed on the disease to others. The farmer reported the occurrence to the Ecuadorian Agency for Agriculture Quality Assurance. He also reported that last Sunday [24 May 2009], officers from the aforementioned agency took samples from infected animals.
Yesterday [30 May 2009], the Santo Domingo farmers association requested that the Ministry of Agriculture declare a quarantine state in the country and to decree that cattle movement should only be from farms to slaughterhouses in order to prevent a USD 100 million loss in the 1st year as well as losses of USD 60 and 30 million for the following 2nd and 3rd years.
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