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Emergency Assistance for the Control of Foot and Mouth Disease in Central and Western Regions of Mongolia - TCP/MON/3701

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 10

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Foot and Mouth Disease ( is a highly contagious transboundary animal disease ( which affects not only animals, but also livelihoods and markets through severe economic impacts Mongolia has a nomadic livestock production system with a large FMD susceptible population, consisting of around 30 million sheep, 27 million goats, 4 million head of cattle, 0 4 million camel and a few pigs In recent years, the country has made great efforts to control FMD However, the introduction and spread of the virus has remained a constant threat for livestock in Mongolia, as both neighbouring countries, Russia and China, have regularly reported outbreaks over the last years Between 2000 and 2017 a total of 14 FMD outbreaks occurred in Mongolia, mainly in the eastern part of the country, but the disease was not as yet endemic In 2017 an emerging FMD epidemic was first reported near the southeastern international border with China The virus was confirmed by the State Central Veterinary Laboratory ( as serotype O By March 2018 the disease had spread widely and deeply in the country, including the capital city and 13 aimags and about 44 soums and became endemic in eastern Mongolia In view of this, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry MoFALI requested that FAO provide technical assistance to improve livestock health through the effective control, containment and prevention of outbreak of new cases of FMD in the eastern region, and avoidance of the spread in the central and western parts of the country.

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