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Latest Pig Industry News
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Print This Page Update: Foot and mouth disease, Israel
ISRAEL - Latest update from the OIE regards the FMD outbreak in Israel.
Information received on 04/01/2007 from Dr Moshe Chaimovitz, Director, Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Developement, BEIT DAGAN, Israel
Summary
| Report type | Follow-up report No. 1 |
| Start date | 28/12/2006 |
| Date of confirmation of event | 01/01/2007 |
| Report date | 04/01/2007 |
| Date submitted to OIE | 05/01/2007 |
| Reason for notification | Reoccurrence of listed disease |
| Date of previous occurrence | 12/2005 |
| Manifestation of disease | Clinical disease |
| Causal agent | FMD virus |
| Serotype | O |
| Nature of diagnosis | Suspicion, Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy |
| Report pertains to | Entire country |
| Related reports |
New Outbreaks
| Outbreak 1 (MEVO HAMMA) | MEVO HAMMA, Golan, HAZAFON | ||||||||||||
| Date of start of outbreak | 01/01/2007 | ||||||||||||
| Outbreak status | Continuing (or date resolved not submitted) | ||||||||||||
| Epidemiological unit | Farm | ||||||||||||
| Affected animals |
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| Affected population | The herd contains calves aged 1-8 months. The affected calves are 1-3 months old and have not yet been vaccinated. The older calves are not affected due to previous vaccination. The sick calves show classical signs of the disease such as limping, ulcers in the mucosa of the mouth and the tongue and high fever. | ||||||||||||
| Summary of outbreaks | Total outbreaks: 1 | ||||||||||||
| Outbreak statistics |
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Epidemiology
| Source of infection |
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Control measures
| Measures already applied |
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| Measures to be applied |
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Diagnostic test results
| Laboratory name and type | National FMD Laboratory, Kimron Veterinay Institute (National laboratory) | ||||||||
| Tests and results |
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Map of outbreak locations
| Location of current outbreaks |
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