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The article discusses the international disease monitoring report of the Great Britain Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for October to December 2007. They include: a new serotype of African horse sickness which causes outbreaks in Senegal, spread of the African swine fever in the Caucasus region including Mauritius, epidemiology of bluetongue virus serotype one and eight in Europe and cases of rabies in western Europe.

The article reports the results of the international disease monitoring from April-June 2007. In Western Europe, the presence of bluetongue was not detected which indicates that the virus had overwintered in the region. Italy continued to report about the African swine fever (ASF) in Sardinia, by which the European Commission has approved a new plan to eradicate ASF in March 2005. Classical swine fever (CSF) has continued to be reported from wild boar and domestic pigs in Europe. INSET: Analysis of HPAI viruses.

The article discusses issues discussed in the international disease monitoring report for January to March 2007, prepared by the Dept. for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' Food and Farming Group, International Animal Health. These include cases of bluetongue detected in north-west Europe, emergency vaccination of pigs in Romania to control classical swine fever, outbreaks of pathogenic avian influenza in Hungary and Great Britain, and Rift Valley fever confirmed in Kenya and Tanzania.

This article summarises official information on outbreaks of specified animal diseases and other diseases that may be of interest. The specified diseases are those high-impact diseases formerly included in the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE, Paris, France) List A diseases. The OIE stopped using this list in January 2005. Nevertheless, DEFRA's International Animal Health Division (IAHD) continues to report on these specified diseases in countries that trade with the UK and EU member states. This is conducted in the context of assessing their significance to international trade and the potential impact on the UK's animal health status, and raising awareness in the UK of these outbreaks. The IAHD also notes new epidemiological developments, which may give an early warning of emerging threats to the UK. Where a new disease outbreak could pose a threat, the IAHD carries out a qualitative analysis of the risks to UK livestock. These analyses, aimed to assist decision making, are publicly available on DEFRA's website (www.defra.gov.uk/animal h/diseases/monitoring/index.htm). The EU and the UK take appropriate safeguard measures to mitigate the potential risks of disease being introduced through legal trade. DEFRA notes that it is also important to recognise the continuing threat to the UK through illegal imports from countries with endemic disease and other routes, for example, highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease from migrating birds. Maps in this report were prepared from official reports received during the period; they do not necessarily reflect the true situation in every country and should not be regarded as definitive. The maps were produced using ESR Data and Maps CD (2002) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article lists the topics discussed in the international disease monitoring report prepared by the International Animal Health Division of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in Great Britain. They include the swine fever outbreaks in South America, low pathogenic avian influenza controlled in the European Union and the emergence of bluetongue virus serotype in western Europe.

The article offers information on the outbreaks of specific diseases in animals around the globe. These illnesses are known to be high-impact diseases formerly included in the World Organization for Animal Health List A diseases. These include the classical swine fever which is widespread in the Caribbean region and Central and North America, with reported outbreaks from Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, and Peru. The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Turkey was reported from Thrace.

This article summarises official information on outbreaks of specified animal diseases and other diseases that may be of interest. The specified diseases are those high-impact diseases formerly included in the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE, Paris, France) List A diseases. The OIE stopped using this list in January 2005. Nevertheless, DEFRA'S International Animal Health Division (IAHD) continues to report on these specified diseases in countries that trade with the UK and EU member states. This is conducted in the context of assessing their significance to international trade and the potential impact on the UK'S animal health status, and raising awareness in the UK of these outbreaks, The IAHD also notes new epidemiological developments, which may give an early warning of emerging threats to the UK. Where a new disease outbreak could pose a threat, the IAHD carries out a qualitative analysis of the risks to UK livestock. These analyses, aimed to assist decision making, are publicly available on DEFRA'S website (www.defre.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/monitoring/index.htm). The EU and the UK take appropriate safeguard measures to mitigate the potential risks of disease being introduced through legal trade. DEFRA notes that it is also important to recognise the continuing threat to the UK through illegal imports from countries with endemic disease and other routes, for example, highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease from migrating birds. Maps in this report were prepared from official reports received during the period; they do not necessarily reflect the true situation in every country and should not be regarded as definitive. The maps were produced using ESRI Data and Maps CD (2002). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article summarises official reports received by DEFRA'S international Animal Health Division (IAHD) on outbreaks of specified animal diseases and other diseases that may be of interest, for January to March 2005. The specified diseases are those high-impact diseases formerly included in the World Organisation for Animal Health (OlE) List A diseases. The OlE stopped using this list in January 2005, and changed the notification system to reflect a new emphasis on the change in the disease status of countries rather than the severity of individual diseases; it no longer emphasises outbreaks in endemic areas. The IAHD continues to report on these specified diseases in countries that trade with the UK and EU member states in the context of their significance to international trade and their potential impact on the UK'S animal health status. The IAHD also notes new epidemiological developments that may give an early warning of emerging threats to the UK. Where a new disease out- break could pose a threat, the IAHD carries out a qualitative analysis of the risks to UK livestock. These analyses are published on DEFRA's website (www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/monitoring/index.htm). The EU and the UK take appropriate safeguard measures to mitigate the potential risks of disease being introduced through legal trade. DEFRA notes that it is also important to recognise the continuing threat to the UK through illegal imports from countries with endemic disease and other routes, for example, highly pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease from migrating birds. Official information in this article was received from the OlE and the EU Commission, unless otherwise stated. Maps were prepared from official reports received during this period; they do not necessarily reflect the true situation in every country and should not be regarded as definitive. The maps were produced using ESRI Data and Maps CD (2002). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

∗THIS article summarises official reports received by DEFRA'S International Animal Health Division (IAHD) on outbreaks of Office International des Epizooties (OIE) List A diseases and other diseases of interest from October to December 2004. The IAHO monitors animal disease outbreaks in countries that have trade with the UK and EU member states. It also notes new epideminiogical developments which may give an early warning of emerging threats to the UK. Where a new disease outbreak could pose a threat, the IAHD carries out a qualitative analysis of the risks to UK livestock. These analyses are published on DEFRA'S website (www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/monitoring/index.htm). The EU and the UK take appropriate safeguard measures to mitigate the potential risks of disease being introduced through legal trade. DEFRA notes that it is also important to recognise the continuing threat to the UK through illegal imports from countries with endemic disease, and other routes, for example, highly pathogenic avian influenza and Newcastle disease from migrating birds. Official information in this article was received from the OIE and the European Commission, unless otherwise stated. Maps were prepared from official reports received during this period; they do not necessarily reflect the true situation in every country and should not be regarded as definitive. The maps were produced using ESRI Data and Maps CD (2002) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• African horse sickness in Swaziland, Zambia, Botswana and Lesotho • African swine fever in Italy • Bluetongue in Cyprus, Croatia and Italy • Classical swine fever in Bulgaria • Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in Eritrea, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo • Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Zambia, Malawi, Peru and Brazil • Follow-up on the FMD outbreaks in Israel • Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) (H5N1) in Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam • Follow-up on HPAI in the USA (H5N2) and Canada (Km³) • Follow-up on low pathogenic avian influenza (H5N2) in Taiwan (Taipei China) and the USA (H7N2) • Swine vesicular disease in Italy • Vesicular stomatitis in Bolivia and the USA [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article summarises official reports received by DEFRA's International Animal Health Division (IAHD) on outbreaks of Office International des Epizooties (OIE) List A diseases and other diseases of interest from January to March 2004. The IAHD monitors animal disease outbreaks in European Union (EU) member states, countries bordering the EU and the UK's trading partners. It also notes disease in countries near to trading partners and new epidemiological developments which may give an early warning of emerging threats to the UK. Where an outbreak in a trading partner could pose a threat, the IAHD carries out a qualitative risk analysis of the risks to UK livestock. These risk assessments are published on DEFRA'S website (www.defra.gov.uk). The EU and the UK take appropriate safeguard measures to mitigate the potential risks of disease being introduced through legal trade. DEFRA notes that it is also important to recognise the continuing threat to the UK through illegal imports from countries with endemic disease, and, for Newcastle disease and highly pathogenic avian influenza, from migrating birds. Official information in this article was received from the OIE and the European Commission, unless otherwise stated. Maps were prepared from official reports received during this period; they do not necessarily reflect the true situation in every country and should not be regarded as definitive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on animal diseases in different countries from October to December 2003. Outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Tajikistan in December; Occurrence of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in Africa and other areas; Outbreak of classical swine fever in domestic pigs in Slovakia. INSETS: Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia.;Classical swine fever in Europe.;Pigeon paramyxovirus type 1..

The article focuses on the international disease monitoring report prepared by the Great Britain Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for January to March 2006. It further summarizes the official information on outbreaks of identified animal diseases worldwide and other diseases that may be of importance in veterinary medicine. The report is conducted to examine the effects of these outbreaks on international trade and the possible impact on the country's animal health status.

The article summarizes official information on global outbreaks of specified animal diseases for October to December 2005, prepared by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' International Animal Health Division in Great Britain. The specified diseases featured in the summary are those high-impact diseases formerly included in the World Organization for Animal Health list A diseases.