Published Date: 2025-04-14 9:08:10 PM GMT+1
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Tunisia (03): (SL) cattle, spread
Archive Number: 8723630 & 8723648
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - TUNISIA (03): (SILIANA) CATTLE, SPREAD
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Date: Sat 12 Apr 2025
Source: Mosaique FM [in Arabic, machine trans., edited]
https://bit.ly/3G5Ao2t
Alert in Siliana: Foot-and-mouth disease cases detected in cattle
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Hamdi Daoudi, head of the local union of agriculture and marine
fishing in northern Siliana, confirmed in a statement to Mosaique FM
on Saturday, 12 Apr 2025, that 5 confirmed cases of foot-and-mouth
disease had been recorded among cattle herds in the Masouj and
Al-Khalsa regions of northern Siliana.
He added that these infections pose a direct threat to the livestock
in the region (Massouj and Al-Khalsa), which includes more than 700
head of cattle, in addition to the small ruminant herds. Al-Daoudi
also expressed his deep concern about the development of the herds'
health situation in the face of the outbreak, noting that the 1st case
was recorded on 4 Apr 2025.
Urgent intervention is necessary
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Hamdi Al-Daoudi called on regional authorities and veterinary services
to urgently intervene to contain the outbreak and provide the
necessary vaccines, as well as activate monitoring and isolation
mechanisms to prevent the disease from spreading to neighboring areas.
He said that time is of the essence in such cases, which threaten food
security and the livelihoods of hundreds of families in the region.
It should be noted that foot-and-mouth disease is a rapidly spreading
viral disease among hoofed animals such as cows, sheep, and goats, and
can cause significant economic losses for farmers if cases are not
contained in a timely manner.
[Byline: Nabiha Al-Sadiq]
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Date: Sat 12 Apr 2025
Source: Mosaique FM [in Arabic, machine trans., edited]
https://bit.ly/43ThpC6
Siliana: Foot-and-mouth disease vaccination campaign and containment
of infected areas
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Abdel Razzaq Al-Majri, head of the Animal Production Department at the
Regional Agriculture Delegation in Siliana, confirmed to Mosaique FM
on Saturday, 12 Apr 2025, that the local veterinary services are
continuing to implement interventions and vaccinations against
foot-and-mouth disease, as part of a preventative plan aimed at
limiting the spread of the disease among livestock.
The head of the Animal Production Department in Siliana confirmed that
more than 10 000 head of cattle have been vaccinated throughout the
governorate so far, noting that the campaign is proceeding well and is
being monitored on a continuous basis.
Regarding the "Al-Khalsa" and "Massouj" areas in the northern Siliana
delegation, the same source stated that interventions are still
ongoing to contain the outbreaks discovered there, confirming the
availability of the necessary quantities of vaccines to combat the
situation.
The official called on farmers to exercise extreme caution, especially
when purchasing new livestock, to avoid transmitting the infection and
spreading it to other areas.
[Byline: Nabiha Al-Sadiq]
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[FMDV is enzootic in Tunisia. The last WOAH follow up report dates
back to 17 Mar 2025. 53 FMDV outbreaks were officially reported. These
outbreaks were registered between November 2024 and February 2025.
They are located in 18 out of the 24 Tunisian governorates
(https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5379?reportId=173090&fromPage=event-dashboard-url).
An annual vaccination campaign is implemented once a year. Trivalent
vaccine for large ruminants (O, A, SAT-2) and bivalent for small
ruminants (O and SAT-2) are used. - Mod.SF
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Siliana, Tunisia:
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