Published Date: 2025-03-20 21:36:14 GMT
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Tunisia (02): (JE) cattle, fatal, spread
Archive Number: 20250320.8723024
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - TUNISIA (02): (JENDOUBA) CATTLE, FATAL, SPREAD
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Date: Tue 18 Mar 2025
Source: Jawhara FM [in Arabic, trans. Mod.SF, abridged, edited]
https://bit.ly/3Y11QV0
Tabarka: Cattle deaths due to foot-and-mouth disease
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The head of the Local Union of Agriculture and Fisheries in Tabarka, Hakim Rouissi, confirmed today [18 Mar 2025] the death of 3 cattle due to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and the detection of 25 cases of infection in Ain Sobah district, including 14 cases in Douar El Balh.
He explained that the spread of the disease is due to delays in the vaccination process, which resulted from a lack of coordination between the Animal Production Department and the Agriculture Union. This led to some cattle farmers missing the vaccination campaign.
The same source called on the Ministry of Agriculture to expedite the vaccination process in coordination with the Agriculture Union to prevent the further spread of the disease, especially since all detected cases so far are limited to the Ain Sobah district.
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[FMDV is enzootic in Tunisia, where up to 27 outbreaks due to the serotype O across 14 governates were reported during 2024. Vaccination campaign is implemented once a year (February-March). Trivalent vaccine for large ruminants (O, A, SAT-2) and bivalent for small ruminants (O and SAT-2) are used. In 2024, vaccination coverage was 75.2% in large ruminants and 67.8% in small ruminants (https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/da817f3a-efbe-41d5-8191-54bf56fef973/content).
On 17 Mar 2025, 53 FMDV outbreaks were officially reported to the WOAH. These outbreaks were registered between November 2024 and February 2025. They are located in 18 out of the 24 Tunisian governorates (https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5379?reportId=173090&fromPage=event-dashboard-url). - Mod.SF
ProMED map of Jendouba, Jundūbah, Tunisia: https://promedmail.org/promed-post?place=8723024,30586]
