Paraguay Reports Foot-and-Mouth Cases- vaccine to blame

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Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...f-exports.html

Paraguay Reports Foot-and-Mouth Cases in Threat to Beef Exports
By Rudy Ruitenberg - Sep 19, 2011 8:06 AM ET

Paraguay reported an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle in the central San Pedro department, its first occurrence of the livestock virus in eight years, threatening $880 million in annual beef exports.

Clinical signs of the disease were observed in 13 cattle on a farm in San Pedro, and confirmed by laboratory testing yesterday, according to an alert from Paraguay?s National Service for Animal Quality and Health published today by the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health, or OIE...

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http://www.misionesonline.net/noticias/28/09/2011/exhaustivo-control-en-el-puente-posadas-encarnacion-por-el-brote-de-aftosa

Spanish to English translation

Comprehensive control on the bridge Posadas - Encarnacion by the outbreak of FMD

From the Senasa pointed out that controls are vigorous. People need to step off the bus a carpet that has the liquid and the cars go through a pool that also contains the disinfectant fluid.

Updated Wednesday September 28, 2011 12:00:00 PM
From the first days of September are carried out preventive checks on the border with Paraguay for the recent outbreak of FMD in the country. From the Senasa indicated that more than 17 controls that are carried out in Misiones and Corrientes, in the key points of the border.
In the international bridge linking Posadas-Encarnaci?n thoroughly controlled the entry of cattle and swine products.

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http://www.rafaela.com/cms/news/ver/29524/1/el-senasa-analiza-el-virus-de-la-aftosa-de-paraguay.html

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SENASA analyzed virus disease in Paraguay

The National Health Service and Food Quality (SENASA) began to analyze the samples to identify the virus disease affecting 13 cattle in the department of San Pedro de Paraguay.


Thursday, September 29, 2011 | 12:38 (updated 12:42)

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The National Health Service and Food Quality (SENASA) began to analyze the samples to identify the virus disease affecting 13 cattle in the department of San Pedro de Paraguay.

This was confirmed to news sources SENASA Argentina, which recently warned that next week will be news.

Service laboratory serving the region where it is highly complex and endorsed by international health.

Among the producers are worried about the kind of strain of the virus affecting cattle in the FMD outbreak is officially declared by Paraguay on September 19.

The 15-kilometer border with Paraguay Chaco and Formosa have already been vaccinated, but if the virus proves to be of a different strain must be re-vaccinate the entire estate.

While SENASA reported that "they are running different prevention measures in Argentina before the FMD outbreak declared by the Republic of Paraguay."

Is underway FMD vaccination in Salta, Chaco, Formosa, Corrientes, Misiones and Entre Rios, "the 46 participating agencies vaccination vaccinators and 1428 involving 213 programmers."

At the end of this campaign will have been vaccinated more than 14 million animals susceptible to FMD located in this region.

During the first week of work, SENASA staff disinfected and monitored more than 34 000 vehicles of all kinds into the country.

SENASA controls 29 border crossings along the border with Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil and Bolivia. Since last week, more than 400 officers from the regional centers Noa North, Chaco, Formosa, Corrientes, Misiones and Entre Rios Agency, are conducting ongoing inspections and verification operations on routes, which also has the support of the provincial police and gendarmerie.

In the 29 border posts, SENASA staff made special equipment disinfection with rodiluvios included, controls and check vehicles and people traffic neighborhood.

Border posts on alert include: 2 in Salta (one on the border with Paraguay and reinsurance within the province), 6 in Formosa, 1 in Chaco, Corrientes and Misiones 17 between and 3 in Entre Rios.

In 64 controls route, the service verifies that the cargo documentation complies with current legislation.

The producers asked Senasa, shipping finance and other members of the meat chain "to facilitate collaboration and accountability FMD vaccination in the movement of animals, thereby contributing to maintaining the health status of the national herd."

The country is internationally recognized as free with vaccination in the territory located between the Black River and the northern boundary, and free without vaccination Black River to Tierra del Fuego.

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Source: http://www.montrealgazette.com/techn...999/story.html

Faulty vaccine caused foot-and-mouth outbreak: Paraguay
Agence France-Presse November 1, 2011 11:07 AM


ASUNCION, PARAGUAY - A botched vaccine intended to protect Paraguay?s livestock against foot-and-mouth disease was responsible for transmitting the ailment to hundreds of animals that later had to be destroyed, the government said Tuesday.

After extensive laboratory tests, Paraguayan and international scientists concluded that "human error" and "negligence" in the production of the vaccine caused the outbreak last September, a top veterinary official here said.

"After the most recent laboratory analysis, we have confirmed that the outbreak of foot and mouth disease... came about as a result of problems with the vaccination of animals," said Daniel Rojas, head of Paraguay?s National Service for Animal Health and Quality.

"There now is no doubt that it was human error that led to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth," he said.

The affected animals were at the Santa Helena ranch, a hacienda some 400 kilometers (250 miles) northeast of Asuncion, in the department of San Pedro...

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http://www.eurocarne.com/noticias.php?codigo=22367&titulo=paraguay_reconoce_fallos_vacunacion_ganado_vacuno_frente_fiebre_aftosa

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Paraguay recognizes flaws in immunization of cattle against foot and mouth disease

Paraguay has admitted that the cattle of the Santa Elena where they located the FMD outbreak, which closed its export market was not vaccinated during the previous vaccination campaign.

The outbreak, located in the middle of last September, hit a herd of cattle that were vaccinated in the last vaccination campaign, conducted between July 15 and August 30. This campaign was extended another 15 days and during this period the affected farm livestock sick.

SENACSA president, Daniel Rojas, said that it is the duty of the owner to vaccinate their animals and the government should monitor and ensure that vaccination is effective. Despite this, the owner had assured the SENACSA vaccinated animals and a subsequent audit showed that it was not. At this, the SENACSA announced that it will change the system of vaccination for the future.