Tag Archive for PRO/AH> Foot & mouth disease – Turkey: (VA,BT) livestock, new strain, st A, RFI

PRO/AH> Foot & mouth disease – Turkey: (VA,BT) livestock, new strain, st A, RFI

Foot and Mouth -- TurkeyThe EuFMD Secretariat has received at 15.39 CET a message from Dr Irfan Erol, General Directorate of Food and Control, Turkey, confirming the detection of a serotype A strain of FMDV in outbreaks in October [2015], of close genetic relation to recent type A isolates from Saudi Arabia and the Indian subcontinent. The OIE and DG-SANTE [Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety] were informed at the same time.The message is provided below. Confirmation via the ADNS and OIE Read more [...]