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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/558 
29 March 2005 
 (05-1278) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
 
CURRENT STATUS OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE 
 
Communication from Peru
 
 
 
 The following communication is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Peru.  
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1. Since 1998, Peru has been conducting a plan  to control and eradicate foot-and-mouth disease 
(FMD) throughout the national territory, in accordan ce with the standards and guidelines of the World 
Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).  The objective is for Peru to gain and maintain its status as a 
country free from the disease. 
2. The authorities and livestock farmers 
throughout the country ha ve supported and actively 
participated in the eradication process led by the National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA).  The 
situation in Peru as regards this disease of  global concern is currently as follows: 
 - 97.6 per cent of the territory is recognized  under a national standard as free from foot-
and-mouth disease without vaccination; 
 - 2.4 per cent of the territory is recognized under a national standard as free from foot-
and-mouth disease with vaccination. 
3. Peru has created the legal basis for these resu lts to be achieved;  it has established a cold 
chain within the national territory; the national epidemiological surveillance system has been 
upgraded, expanded and refined; and intensive vaccination campai gns have been conducted since 
1998, with extensive participation from livestock fa rmers.  Strategic vacc ination campaigns are 
currently being conducted only in areas considered to be at high risk of foot-and-mouth disease and 
quarantine protection measures have been put in place in the departments that have been declared free 
from the disease. 
4. In March 2004, Peru applied to the OIE for th e southern part of the country to be recognized 
as an FMD free zone where vaccination is not practised. 
5. This zone, comprising the departments of I ca, Ayacucho, Huancavelica, Apurimac, Madre de 
Dios, Arequipa, Moquegua, Tacna, Cusco and Puno,  is home to 45 per cent of bovine population, 
60 per cent of the ovine population, 35 per cent of the caprine population, 29 per cent of the swine 
population and 94 per cent of the South American camelid population in Peru. G/SPS/GEN/558 
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6. Following the meeting of 13-19 January 2005, the OIE Scientific Commission has accepted 
the recommendation made by the ad hoc group tasked with evaluating countries' FMD reports and is proposing that the International Committee should recognize southern Peru as an " FMD free zone  
where vaccination is not practised, according to the provisions of Article 2.2.10.4 of the 
Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the OIE" . 
7. Following the period of consultation or co mments by Member Countries, the Scientific 
Commission will table a resolution with the list of  FMD free countries or zones, which will be 
submitted to the International Committee for approv al at the 73rd General Session in May 2005. 
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