Published Date: 2024-02-28 00:40:55 GMT
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Libya (04): (TR) spread, livestock market closure
Archive Number: 20240228.8715075

FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - LIBYA (04): (TRIPOLI) SPREAD, LIVESTOCK MARKET CLOSURE

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Date: Mon 26 Feb 2024
Source: Libya Akhbar [in Arabic, trans. Mod.SF, abridged, edited]
https://www.libyaakhbar.com/libya-news/2328666.html


Foot-and-mouth disease causes the closure of the livestock market in Qasr Ben Ghashir
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The agricultural police announced the closure of the popular Sunday market for the sale of livestock in the municipality of Qasr Ben Ghashir due to the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.

The agricultural police closed the market on Sunday [25 Feb 2024] morning due to the spread of foot-and-mouth disease among sheep and lumpy skin disease among cows in the vicinity of the municipality of Qasr Ben Ghashir, the agency said.

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[On Sun 25 Feb, the Libyan national center for animal health surveillance published an informational note on its Facebook page attesting to the registration of 30 FMDV [foot-and-mouth disease virus] outbreaks due to serotype O, between 16 Jan and 22 Feb [2024]. Clinical cases have been observed in sheep and cows. More information can be found at https://www.facebook.com/100068100787839/posts/725759609704059/ (in Arabic).

The last update submitted to the WOAH regarding the FMDV situation in Libya can be found at https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5499?reportId=165998&fromPage=event-dashboard-url. - Mod.SF

ProMED map of Tripoli District, Libya: https://promedmail.org/promed-post?place=8715072,25713]