CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FAO REFERENCE LABORATORIES AND COLLABORATING CENTRES

Report for December 2002

Country

No. of samples

FMD virus serotypes

SVD virus¹
(a)

NVD²
(b)

O

A

C

SAT 1

SAT 2

SAT 3

Asia 1

Ghana

9

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

9

Paraguay

2

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

TOTAL

11

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9

¹ Swine vesicular disease virus.
² No foot-and-mouth disease, swine vesicular disease or vesicular stomatitis virus detected.

Report for January to March 2003

Country

No. of samples

FMD virus serotypes

SVD virus¹
(a)

NVD²
(b)

O

A

C

SAT 1

SAT 2

SAT 3

Asia 1

Botswana

20

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

20

Iran

16

6

7

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

Israel (Pal. Aut. Ter.^*)

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Italy

38

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

38

-

Lebanon

4

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Pakistan

44³

18

10

-

-

-

-

7

-

10

Turkey

10

4

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

Viet Nam

8

8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

TOTAL

141³

41

20

-

-

-

-

7

38

36

¹ Swine vesicular disease virus.
² No foot-and-mouth disease, swine vesicular disease or vesicular stomatitis virus detected.
³ One sample from Pakistan contained a mixture of foot-and-mouth disease virus types O and A.
^* Pal. Aut. Ter.: Palestinian Autonomous Territories.

Report for April to May 2003

Country

No. of samples

FMD virus serotypes

SVD virus¹
(a)

NVD² (b)

O

A

C

SAT 1

SAT 2

SAT 3

Asia 1

Afghanistan

57

8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

49

Bhutan

21

2

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

18

Iran

13

6

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

Philippines

23

9

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

14

United Arab Emirates

3

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

TOTAL

117

28

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

86

¹ Swine vesicular disease virus.
² No foot-and-mouth disease, swine vesicular disease or vesicular stomatitis virus detected.

Report for January to June 2003

Date

Country

Species

Test

Result

17/12/2002

Nepal

Bovine/ovine/caprine/ buffalo

PPR/RP C-ELISA and VNT

Confirmatory

24/03/2003

Somalia

Bovine

RPV RT-PCR

Negative

08/05/2003

Afghanistan

Bovine/ovine/caprine

RPV RT-PCR

Negative

02/06/2003

Latvia

Bovine/ovine

PPR/RPV C-ELISA

Negative