January 27, 2012

FMD hits Taiwan

Taiwan has already encountered the threat of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), according to a report from the World Organisation for Animal Health.

Some of the feeder pigs which were transported from Taiwan Island to Penghu Island, were found with vesicular lesions.

Tests were carried out and confirmed that collected samples are infected with the serotype O of Foot and Mouth Disease.

All 239 pigs are destroyed with cleaning and disinfection of the premises completed. Clinical inspection and epidemiological investigation were conducted on farms which keep cloven-hoofed animals within 3-km radius of the index premise. Results showed that the animals are in healthy conditions and no evidence of infection was found.

Further tests of samples, collected from slaughtered pigs, continue.