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Subject: FMD News: IRAQ. Vaccine resistant FMDV strain threatens buffalo herds in Al-Nasiriyah

 

COUNTRY & DATE: Iraq. 2009-May-05

TYPE: Unofficial

ISSUE: Follow-up: outbreak reported in Iraq

SUMMARY: Deputy chairman of the general union of agricultural associations, Hadir
Al-Abadhi has reported the emergence of a new FMDV strain that showed a clear resistance to the vaccines provided by the veterinary services and that is severely affecting the buffalo populations of the Marshes of Al-Nasiriyah, causing a significant number of mortalities. Outbreaks caused by this new strain have been detected in Kharam Bani Saeed, Al-Islah, AlGhabayish, AlFahood, Al-Tar districts located in the marshes of Al-Nasiriyah. Agricultural associations, veterinary services, animal resources department, and university of Dhi-Qar have released a special report declaring that: prevention and control resources against the new strain are currently ineffective and have failed in reducing the impact of the outbreaks.

FULL TEXT: http://www.nasiriyah.org/ar/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=11269