As part of its WOAH and FAO mandates, the EURL for FMD took part in the Regional Advisory Group (RAG) meeting dedicated to Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR). The meeting, organized by WOAH and FAO, took place from July 2 to 4, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Several delegations took part in the meeting (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Russia), as did WOAH and FAO officials associated with the region, and the European Commission for the...

On June 11, 2024, the EURL for FMD organized a webinar with EuFMD on the Emergency diagnosis: interpretation of FMD tests results. Fifteen participants from 15 different countries we invited fr this 4 hours webinar. Labib Bakkali Kassimi (EURL Director) presented the EURL activities and the FMD emergency diagnosis. Then, Aurore Romey and Guillaume Girault presented three different simulation exercises: the first one was dedicated to WOAH type laboratory (live virus) and with the presentation of...

On Monday May 27, 2024, the Animal Health Laboratory and the JRU Virology/ BIOPIC team (NRL and RL OMSA-FAO-UE for Foot and Mouth Disease) welcomed an official delegation from Poland's PIWet National Veterinary Institute. The delegation, comprising Professors Stanislaw Winiarczyk (Director General), Miroslaw Polak (Deputy Director for Research) and Jacek Kuzmak (Retired since January 1, previously Deputy Director for Research), was received by Stephan Zientara (AHL Director) and part of the...

As part of the EURL for FMD work program, the BIOPIC team welcomed four trainees for a two-week training session (March 11 to 22, 2024) in the emergency diagnosis of FMD (reception of samples, viral isolation, serological analyses, detection of the viral genome, typing and sequencing of the genome and analysis of results). The course was led by Aurore Romey and Guillaume Girault. The trainees came from Austria, Croatia, Greece and Slovakia. The course enabled them to deepen their knowledge of...

The FMDV  ihas recently been identified in Tunisia. The FMD symptoms were observed in cattle recently introduced into the farm. For more information: https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-event/5379/dashboard

The FMDV has been identified in Algeria. The FMD symptoms were observed in cattle. For more information: https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-event/5391/dashboard The links below provide further information on the identification of the strain. FAO : https://www.fao.org/3/cc9710en/cc9710en.pdf WRL : https://www.wrlfmd.org/sites/world/files/quick_media/WRLFMD-2024-000002-ALG-GTR-O-SAT2_001.pdf  

The SAT2 FMDV previously identified in Iraq and Jordan has recently been identified in Türkiye (Iğdır). The FMD symptoms were observed in cattle recently introduced into the farm. For more information: https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/4959

A report of several FMD outbreaks in Iraq has been mentioned recently. Interestingly, the virus strain circulating in Iraq is related to SAT-2, topotype XIV, and closely related to SAT-2 strains ETH/3/22 and ETH/2/22 (collected from cattle in Sodo, Wolaita, SNNPR in March 2022). Moreover, the virus is currently circulating in Jordan, and has been found closely related/identical to the mentioned Iraqi virus.  For more information: https://promedmail.org/promed-post/?id=20230204.8708168...

Recent outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth disease in Comoros (December 2022)   In December 2022, Foot and mouth disease (FMD) has been identified in Ngazidja, Comoros (information delivered by National Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment (INRAPE) and the breeding department). The disease seems to arrive from Tanzania and Kenya aboard a boat which transported animals (oxen and goats). INRAPE calls for compliance with the measures introduced pending the...