UK Scientists Have New Test
UK - Scientists at England’s Institute of Animal Health have announced the development of a new, testing system for foot-and-mouth disease. Nigel Ferris, with the institute, say that producers can easily...

Foot and Mouth Controls in India
INDIA - The government of India, is to allow vaccination of livestock against foot and mouth disease.

ABA Against Introduction of Live Virus
AUSTRALIA - ABA Chairman Brad Bellinger has said that it is 'unbelievable' that the recently released Beale Report would recommend a policy to introduce the live Foot and Mouth Disease virus into...

Ugandan Cattle Markets Close in Seven Districts
UGANDA - Butcheries and livestock markets in seven northern Uganda districts have been closed due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. Veterinary officers in the affected districts said at least 300...

New Foot-and-Mouth Virus Verified in Nghe An
VIET NAM - The foot-and-mouth epidemic in cattle is spreading in four provinces of Vietnam. Notably, virus type A has appeared in the central province of Nghe An, announced the Deputy Minister of Agriculture...

Chilean Inspectors Arrive in Brazil
BRAZIL - A delegation of government officials and veterinarians from Chile, arrived in San Paulo on Thursday, to spend the next two weeks inspecting the beef plants.

Financial Impact of FMD in Focus
UK - The severe financial impact of Foot and Mouth Disease on Scotland’s beef and lamb sectors has been put into sharp focus by the annual analysis of performance and profitability by the red meat promotion...

Foot-and-mouth Kills 1,000 in Uganda
UGANDA - The foot-and-mouth disease that struck Adjumani District a few months ago has killed up to 1,000 head of cattle.

Philippines Presses for FMD-free Status
PHILIPPINES - The Philippine will submit next month documents required by the World Organization for Animal Health for foot and mouth disease (FMD)-free certification of Luzon — the remaining area of...

Botswana Eradication Plans Costs P19m
BOTSWANA - Government is expected to spend about P19 million in the eradication of foot and mouth disease in Ghanzi District.

Botswana Govt Kills Infected Cattle
BOTSWANA - Government intends to kill all cattle suspected to be infected with foot and mouth disease, starting Sunday, to contain the spread of the disease in Kuke.

Namibia Bans Botswana Cattle on Scare
NAMIBIA - Namibia banned the transportation through its territory of cattle and other live cloven-hoofed animals from Botswana because of a suspected outbreak of foot- and-mouth disease, the Ministry of...

Epidemic Among Indian Cattle
INDIA - The bovine population of a village under Mahakalpada block here is under threat by a mysterious cattle disease.

West Nile Stops Cattle Movement
UGANDA - The agriculture ministry has imposed an indefinite quarantine on animals entering or leaving the West Nile region. This follows an outbreak of foot and mouth cattle disease in at least eight more...

FMD Legal Case Launched
UK - The British National Farmers' Union-backed legal case brought by 14 farmers claiming damages following last year’s foot and mouth disease outbreak in South East England has been formally launched...

Foot and Mouth Scare in Uruguay
URUGUAY - Government officials in Uruguay, are investigation cattle in the north of the country, bearing the symptoms of foot-and- mouth-disease (FMD).

Foot and Mouth Policy Under Review
SCOTLAND, UK - Scotland's plan for handling foot and mouth outbreaks is to be reviewed, environment secretary Richard Lochhead has said.

Entebbe Butcheries Close After FMD Outbreak
ENTEBBE, UGANDA - Over 75 butchers and abattoirs in Entebbe have been closed following a quarantine put on all animals leaving and coming to Entebbe over threats of the foot and mouth cattle disease...

Philippines Internationally Accredited FMD Free
PHILIPPINES - The Philippines will soon break into the livestock export market as the country is about to be globally declared foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) free said Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap.

Uganda: Foot and Mouth Disease Hits Mukono
UGANDA - When his cow lost appetite, Fred Musa feared it had been bewitched. "I fed it with omululuza (a local herb)," he says. "But it died after four days." When news of his cow's death spread, a team...

Virtual Outbreak Model Follows FMD Tracks
AUSTRALIA - Researchers have completed the first stage of development work on a comprehensive model of the spread of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in cattle to evaluate policy surrounding the management...

Brazil's Cross-Border Plan to Eradicate Foot-and-Mouth
BRAZIL - Despite being locked out of 56 per cent of the world’s beef importing counties because of foot-and-mouth disease – including the lucrative markets of South Korea and Japan – Brazil still accounts...

Foot-and-Mouth Controls Relaxed
UK - Foot-and-mouth restrictions have been lifted in parts of Surrey.

Boost to Brazil's FMD-Free Status
BRAZIL - The World Animal Health Organisation (OIE) has recognised the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul as a foot-and-mouth disease free zone.

Amendment to Block Argentine Meat Moves On
US - A move to close US borders to the threat of foot and mouth disease from meat and livestock imports from Argentina has taken a step closer.