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RINDERPEST
Disease Surveillance and rinderpest epidemiology in Pakistan

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER
African swine fever in the United Republic of Tanzania
African swine fever outbreak in Zambia
Over 400 pigs die in outbreak in Kenya

FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE
Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Zimbabwe

VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES
Bluetongue virus
West Nile virus
Points of interest

TADINFO
Next version of TADinfo under development

CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER
Plan under way to eradicate classical swine fever in the Americas by 2020

NEWS
Manuals
CTVM course closure
Tunisia 2002: World Veterinary Congress

NEWS @ RADISCON
RADISCON workshop on sheep pox eradication programme in Tripoli

RINDERPEST EPIDEMIOLOGY IN PAKISTAN

Epidemiological data point towards the continued circulation of rinderpest in Pakistan. Rinderpest was detected on three occasions on intra-urban dairy farms in Karachi during the year 2000. There were the first confirmed outbreaks in Pakistan since the 1997 outbreaks in Punjab and they indicate that the rinderpest virus has circulated in Pakistan, despite an absence of disease detections for almost three years.

Buffalo market in Pakistan
PHOTO COURTESY OF PETER ROEDER, EMPRES

NEXT VERSION OF TADINFO UNDER DEVELOPMENT

EMPRES is currently developing the second generation TADinfo (Transboundary Animal Disease Information System) software. While the first generation was developed in MS Access and relied on ArcView geographic information system software for its mapping capabilities, the new TADinfo will reflect some importnat innovations.

PLAN UNDER WAY TO ERADICATE CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER IN THE AMERICAS BY 2020

A plan to eradicate classical swine fever (CFS) in the Americas is currently being prepared. The proposed plan is the result of a discussion during a recent FAO workshop between specialists in the disease and various officiveterinary services of the region, taking into consideration their experience in the control and eradication of CFS.