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INSIDECONTAGIOUS BOVINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA Third Meeting of the Consultative Group on Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia Rift Valley fever in West Africa Foot-and-mouth disease in Argentina Second FMD Round Table Meeting SADC Directors of Veterinary Services and Chief Veterinary Officers’ Workshop Disease investigation in the Comoros – what is your diagnosis? Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Other Transboundary Animal Diseases In brief CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FAO REFERENCE LABORATORIES AND COLLABORATING CENTRES |
Third Meeting of the Consultative Group on Contagious Bovine PleuropneumoniaThe Third Meeting of the FAO-OIE-AU/IBAR-IAEA Consultative Group on Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) was held from 12 to 14 November 2003 at FAO headquarters in Rome and was attended by 39 participants from various research institutions, government departments, international organizations and FAO staff members and consultants. The theme of the meeting was “Towards sustainable CBPP control programmes for Africa”, and it was formally opened by Ms Fernanda Guerrieri, Chief of the Emergency Operations Service of FAO (TCEO). Rift Valley fever in West Africa
Disease investigation in the Comoros– what is your diagnosis?In February 2003, EMPRES was alerted by the National Veterinary Authorities of the Comoros that frequent mortalities had been recorded in the cattle population. A preliminary epidemiological investigation carried out in the field identified cattle imported from the United Republic of Tanzania as the possible source of infection. These animals had been introduced to the Comoros without previous quarantine. This issue covers the period July to December 2003. |
On 25 September 2003, a message of alert was sent to the members of the EMPRES discussion forum relating to an increased risk of Rift Valley fever (RVF) occurrence in West Africa, following above average rainfall during the 2003 rainy season. Within the framework of their regular active surveillance programme for RVF, viral circulation was detected by the veterinarian authorities of Mauritania in October 2003 in sentinel flocks located in potential high-risk areas of disease occurrence. Disease investigations were carried out in the field to define the extent of the problem and identify the clinical signs of the disease in the animal and human populations.