Foot-and-mouth Kills 1,000 in Uganda
UGANDA - The foot-and-mouth disease that struck Adjumani District a few months ago has killed up to 1,000 head of cattle.

Philippines Presses for FMD-free Status
PHILIPPINES - The Philippine will submit next month documents required by the World Organization for Animal Health for foot and mouth disease (FMD)-free certification of Luzon — the remaining area of the country that has not been declared as such, officials...

Botswana Eradication Plans Costs P19m
BOTSWANA - Government is expected to spend about P19 million in the eradication of foot and mouth disease in Ghanzi District.

Botswana Govt Kills Infected Cattle
BOTSWANA - Government intends to kill all cattle suspected to be infected with foot and mouth disease, starting Sunday, to contain the spread of the disease in Kuke.

Namibia Bans Botswana Cattle on Scare
NAMIBIA - Namibia banned the transportation through its territory of cattle and other live cloven-hoofed animals from Botswana because of a suspected outbreak of foot- and-mouth disease, the Ministry of Agriculture said.

Epidemic Among Indian Cattle
INDIA - The bovine population of a village under Mahakalpada block here is under threat by a mysterious cattle disease.

West Nile Stops Cattle Movement
UGANDA - The agriculture ministry has imposed an indefinite quarantine on animals entering or leaving the West Nile region. This follows an outbreak of foot and mouth cattle disease in at least eight more districts, most of which are in the east and northern...

FMD Legal Case Launched
UK - The British National Farmers' Union-backed legal case brought by 14 farmers claiming damages following last year’s foot and mouth disease outbreak in South East England has been formally launched in the High Court.

Foot and Mouth Scare in Uruguay
URUGUAY - Government officials in Uruguay, are investigation cattle in the north of the country, bearing the symptoms of foot-and- mouth-disease (FMD).

Foot and Mouth Policy Under Review
SCOTLAND, UK - Scotland's plan for handling foot and mouth outbreaks is to be reviewed, environment secretary Richard Lochhead has said.

Entebbe Butcheries Close After FMD Outbreak
ENTEBBE, UGANDA - Over 75 butchers and abattoirs in Entebbe have been closed following a quarantine put on all animals leaving and coming to Entebbe over threats of the foot and mouth cattle disease.

Philippines Internationally Accredited FMD Free
PHILIPPINES - The Philippines will soon break into the livestock export market as the country is about to be globally declared foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) free said Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap.

Uganda: Foot and Mouth Disease Hits Mukono
UGANDA - When his cow lost appetite, Fred Musa feared it had been bewitched. "I fed it with omululuza (a local herb)," he says. "But it died after four days." When news of his cow's death spread, a team of veterinary officers was dispatched to Njeru town...

Virtual Outbreak Model Follows FMD Tracks
AUSTRALIA - Researchers have completed the first stage of development work on a comprehensive model of the spread of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in cattle to evaluate policy surrounding the management of FMD and other exotic diseases should an outbreak...

Brazil's Cross-Border Plan to Eradicate Foot-and-Mouth
BRAZIL - Despite being locked out of 56 per cent of the world’s beef importing counties because of foot-and-mouth disease – including the lucrative markets of South Korea and Japan – Brazil still accounts for 32 per cent of the world’s beef export. ...

Foot-and-Mouth Controls Relaxed
UK - Foot-and-mouth restrictions have been lifted in parts of Surrey.

Boost to Brazil's FMD-Free Status
BRAZIL - The World Animal Health Organisation (OIE) has recognised the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul as a foot-and-mouth disease free zone.

Amendment to Block Argentine Meat Moves On
US - A move to close US borders to the threat of foot and mouth disease from meat and livestock imports from Argentina has taken a step closer.

FMD Bill Passes Senate Committee
US - Last week, Senators Tim Johnson, D-S.D., and Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., introduced the Foot and Mouth Disease Protection Act of 2008 in the Senate.

FMD Fears Keep Argentinian Meat from US
WASHINGTON – National Farmers Union announced support for the Foot and Mouth Disease Prevention Act of 2008 introduced today by Sens. Tim Johnson, D-S.D. and Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., that would prevent imports of Argentinean meat products until the U.S. Department...