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### formed by the end of February and beginning of March 2004. Six months after the slaughter of affected and contact animals. The category of bovine animals under 18 months of age and the category ofanimals under 12 months (animals during the emergency in September- October) were taken as indicators of viral activity, in accordance with OIE CODE stated in Annex 3.8.7 (Preliminary Guidelines for the Regaining of Recognition for a Foot and Mouth Disease Free Country or Zone Status) Only the establishments with said categories were included in the investigation, with a result of 14 out of 22 establishments originally sampled. Animals were grouped in two categories, 6 to 12 months and 12 to 18 months of age. 3 ABC ELISA - EITB methods were used to identify antibodies to non structural 

### proteins in FMDV. Analised samples (345 bovine sera) in the 14 establishments located in the perifocal area. Results:

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### Farmers in Argentina are required to identify cattle by branding and sheep, goats and pigs with an ear tag.Animal identification is the only method to demonstrate ownership of the animals. By law, farmers must identify the animals within a specified time alter they are born. The brand used by the farmer is registered at the Brand Registration Office in each province. Identification of animals prior to shipment is a requirement to issue the shipment document. SENASA Resolution N° 15 and 391/2003 requires individual identification of bovines with an ear tag. To date, this requirement only applies to animals that will be slaughtered for export.Movements of animals to any destination and for any purpose should be accompanied by the following documents: Animal Transit Document (DTA) issued by offices authorized by SENASA, as stated in Resolution 848/98. Movement Document (°Guia") issued by the competent provincial authority. To request a"guia" farmers must present the DTA.Truck wash and disinfection certificate issued by truck washing facilities approved by SENASA. AII Local SENASA Offices keep records on the farmers, establishments andlivestock population in their jurisdiction. Said records are updated with the information collected at the time of the vaccination campaign and with every arrival and shipment of animals from and to the farms. Local SENASA Offices also keep records on the trucks that are approved by SENASA to transport animals, as required in Resolution N° 97/99. .As the Animai Health Enforcement Authority, SENASA performs controls and ii!spectlons at strate~

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Resolution N° 178I2001 requires transit controls and states SENASA's authority to perForm said verifications, inspections and audits.Any animal or herd that is shipped without the DTA is immediately sent to sanitary slaughter, as required in current statutes. When a herd arrives to the point of destination the farmer must report the arrival of the animals and submit the corresponding DTA to the Local SENASA Office in the area.O.I.E. — Request to Regain Status of Foot and Mouth Disease Free Area Wth Vaccination Section on the livestock industry and the Veterinary System 

### 11.4. SECTION ON THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY AND THE VETERINARY 

### SYSTEM Provide in this section, if appropriate, all additional information that would be useful for the report. Make reference, when needed, to documents that could be included in the annex. Please, provide a brief answer to the following items:


### 1. Response to FMD outbreaks . Policy (emergencies, plans, financing)In response to the emergency animal health situation in 2001, legal and finan### cial measures were adopted, to establish effective actions and ensure the continuity of operations if other emergencies were to arise in the future.The measures included the legal authority for the President of SENASA to de

### clare a sanitary emergency and take summary actions in response, an increasein the budget allocation to meet the needs of the emergency situation with resources from the Treasury and ad hoc multilateral financing (Decree 394/2001). On September 1 s ', 2003, some articles of this rule were modified by Decree 680/2003, retuming to the previous framework due to the emergency solution.The guidelines to respond to an FMD outbreak were updated to include biosafety measures, new area delimitations, and the actions to be applied in eacharea (Resolutions 779/99, 478199, 383/2001, 192/2001; 35/2002 and the Procedures Manual for FMD Outbreak Response). 

### Regional Animal Health Emergency Teams were created in strategic parts ofthe country to respond and eradicate emergencies that requiere immediate action by specially trained specialists. A manual that describes the actions that should be put in place in the event of a suspect case, notification and/or detection of an outbreak of the disease was developed vvithin the framework of the "del Plata Basin Agreement to Eradicate

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### Antigen and Vaccine BankIn the event of an emergency caused by the entry of an FMDV strain not included in the vaccine currently in use, effective vaccines should be readily available to control the outbreak and complement other zoosanitary control measures including stamping out. 

### Argentine has a highly qualified FMD vaccine manufacturing industry with much experience and state-of-the-art infrastructure that meets biosafety requirements. 

### The capacity to locally produce a sufficient quantity of immunogens guarantees the supply of new immunogens with a quality equal to the one of the vaccines used for systematic vaccination.The creation of a vaccine bank ensures the supply of vaccines and frozen antigens (-196 0 C), and assigns the diagnostic and control function to the Official SENASA Laboratory that validates and approves all series of vaccines. The strains that should be maintained in the bank, the type of formulation, the 

### storage location and the number of doses, were defined in consultation with the Virology Advisory Council that includes SENASA, INTA and CEVAN. SENASA maintains antigens not included in the systematic vaccination, for the

### emergency vaccine, of the following strains: C3 Indaial; Asia 1 y SAT 2 (inactivated).


### Epidemiological Studies (origin, spreading) Reporting of a Suspect Case

### Prompt reporting of cases with symptoms compatible with FMD and other vesicular diseases is of key importance for SENASA.

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### After inspecting the holding and the animals that gave origin to the report, and if the Official Veterinarian regulations rules out the presence of the disease, heshall notify SENASA's head office by completing the Protocol for Notification/Suspect Case of FMD, marking Notification.

### If the Official Verinarian cannot clinically rule out the presence of FMD and before adopting preliminary preventive and biosafety measures (restraining of theaffected holding, restriction of movements, etc.) he shall promptly requiere assistance from the field epidemiologist in the area. The next step shall be to declare a sanitary emergency including immediate measures to prevent the spreading of the agent (see section 4.1.1.). If the FMD outbreak is confirmed, actions shall be adopted to strengthen the previously adopted measures, including: - Delimitation of the affected area: focal, perifocal, surveillance, restraint on the holding and restrictions to move animals, vehicles and humans, as stated in Resolution N° 478/99. - Notification to neighbouring Local SENASA Offices. 

### - Notification to SENASA head office and international bodies. - Epidemiological follow-up and investigation. - Sarlltary slaugrlter of "clll sust.eptlUle species ii ihe focal area. 

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### Epidemiological Follow-up in the Infected Area When an outbreak occurs, an immediate and effective tracing of the movementsof animals and animal products is indispensable to control the situation and determine the origin of the outbreak. Tracing permits adequate and/or timely slaughter of the exposed herds and avoids the spreading of the disease.

### Depending on the number of movements, the tracing may requiere the participation of a large number of people that must be carefully and systematically coordinated. A) Tracing of movements of animals, animal products, and related materials to 

### and from the infected holdings, including the movements in the local ofFices recorded by the Animal Health Management System of the affected holding. B) Tracing from slaughter and dairy plants. Tracing of fresh, chilled or frozen animal products is necessary. Movements must be analyzed to assess the potential risk of spreading the disease. 

### C) Tracing of movements of veterinarians and others related to the farming secto r.


### Sanitary SlaughterSENASA requires sanitary slaughter as defined in international biosafety standards, to eliminate the source of infection. 

### Sanitary slaughter is performed by an interdisciplinary team of SENASA, led by an Official Veterinarian. 

### The slaughter is performed with the support of law enforcement authorities when firearms are required. Eiimination of affected anirnais (diseased and contacts) s,iaii bc carded ol:t 

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### 2. Veterinary System 

## Statutes Law N° 23.899 and Law N° 17.160, Decree 1585/96 modified by Decrees 394/2001 and 680/2003 (see Annex III Legal Frame).
. Official Veterinary Services In Argentina, SENASA (National Animal Health and Agrifood Quality Service) is the government agency responsible for adopting programs to control animal diseases. SENASA is part of the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries

### and Foods (SAGPyA) which in turn report to the Economy and Production Ministry. Decree 1585/96 defines the organizational structure of SENASA after themerger of the former SENASA (National Animal Health Service), an office cre### ated in 1990 by Law 23.899, and the IASCAV (Argentine Plant Health and Quality Institute). SENASA is responsible for health issues related to animal and plant products to protect the health of consumers, including the control of food quality. Furthermore, SENASA is responsible for controlling shipments within the country, and inspecting imported and exported animals, animals and plantsand their products and by-products, agriproducts, pharmacological and veterinary products, agrochemicals and fertilizers. The main Animal Health area includes:


### - The NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH OFFICE [DIRECCION NACIONAL DE SANIDAD ANIMAL (DNSA)]- The NATIONAL AGRIFOOD INSPECTION OFFICE [DIRECCION NA

### CIONAL DE FISCALIZACION AGROALIMENTARIA (DNFA)] - The LABORATORIES AND TECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE [DIRECCION DE L ABORATORIOS Y CONTROL TECNICO (DILACOT)]
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General goals: - To formulate, propose and assess programs to eradicate infectious and parasitic diseases of animals, and zoonosis. - To schedule, implement and audit disease eradication programs.- To co-ordinate epidemiological actions to control endemic, exotic, or emerging diseases in the country. - To control sanitary and hygiene aspects of movements of animals, and issue pertinent authorizations (certificates).


### DNSA comprises 381 veterinary physicians and the following units: EPIDEMIOLOGY OFFICE ANIMAL QUARANTINE OFFICE ANIMAL HEALTH CAMPAIGNS OFFICE GENERAL FIELD OFFICEREGIONAL SUPERVISORY OFFICES (23, not including 2 that report to Southern Patagonia Office).
LOCAL OFFICES (305, not including the Southern Patagonia Office) The Animal Quarantine Office has an advisory body, the Technical Quarantine Advisory Committee formed by the National Farming Technology Institute(INTA), Animal Virology Center (CEVAN), several Schools of Veterinary Medicine and SENASA, created by SENASA Resolution N° 369/2001.

EPIDEMIOLOGY OFFICE The Epidemiology Office is responsible for: 

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### t olO.I.E. — Request to Regain Status of Foot and Mouth Disease Free Area vvith Vaccination Section on the livestock industry and the Veterinary System The Animal Quarantine Office is responsible for: - To act or propose plans, programs and sanitary regulations to prevent exotic diseases. - To formulate, propose and assess actions to eradicate exotic diseases. - To conduct continuous research in exotic and non-existent diseases in thecountry, spread the lavvs that rule the sanitary control and propose the current modifications on the subject. - To develop or participate in the proposals of sanitary regulations to prevent exotic and/or high risk diseases. - To co-ordinate continuous assessment of the potential risk of introduction or spread of notified diseases. - To participate in the modification of international protocols and sanitary agreements regarding the agreed requirements and certifications.- To propose sanitary standards oriented to reduce the potential risks of introduction of exotic and/or high risk diseases in animals, reproduction materi

### als, animal products and by-products that may carry and/or help spreading the mentioned diseases. 

### - To develop a database about the world zoosanitary situation and update constantly this information. - To organize and keep updated the Records of the Office.



### ANIMAL HEALTH CAMPAIGNS OFFICE The Animal Health Campaigns Office is responsible for: - Planning and designing campaigns to prevent, control and eradicate animal diseases.

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REGIONAL SUPERVISORS Responsibilities:- Supervision of actions to prevent, control and eradicate diseases, and conduct epidemiological surveillance. - Supervision and inspection of compliance with statutes, and organization and operation of local SENASA Offices. - Assessment of field staff performance. - Official representation of SENASA in their area.

LOCAL VETERINARIANS Responsibilities: 

### - Prevention, control and eradication actions in their area, as required by the disease eradication programs.- Acting in response to reported and suspected cases, and outbreaks of diseases, in addition to epidemio-surveillance and continuous monitoring actions. 

### - Implementation of animal health actions, and compliance with current rules. - Control and inspection of cattle movements and shipments, and issuance of certificates. - Updating of the register of farmers, establishments, livestock numbers, and 

### movements, and performing animal health and administrative controls in their area.
At the iocal level, actions are carried out by the Local Veterinarians in the 305 

### Local SENASA Offices that are strategically distributed throughout the country that report to the 23 Regional Supervisors. The Regional SupPrvisors in turn 1er;o rA rdi rec tl y tn tn e O61ior'aI Field Offce _at SE_NASA'S head office.

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### products (edible and inedible), comply with hygiene and sanitary regulations. DNFA is also responsible for approving all establishments that slaughter and/orprocess products derived from farm animals. The Veterinary Inspection Ser### vices are responsible for said controls and nationally approved plants that process for export and for the domestic market. At slaughter plants, SENASA has approximately 434 official veterinarians and almost 1000 assistant veterinary technicians who perform the ante mortem and post mortem inspections of the animals sent to slaughter.



### INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC WITH THE CO-ORDINATION OF BORDERS AND FEDERAL TRAFFIC
LABORATORIES AND TECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE (DILACOT) DILACOT is the National Reference Laboratory for food safe and animal and plant health. It has two Offices: the Animal Laboratory and the Plant Laboratory.

### Additionally, it has Regional Laboratories and a Network of National Laboratories approved by SENASA in different parts of the country.

DI LACOT: - Defines the test methods and protocols used by the National Reference

### Laboratory and the laboratories of SENASA's National Network of Laboratories.

- Participates in dispute resolution. 

### - Confirms positive results issued by the laboratories of the National Network.

- Initiates and participates in inter-laboratory tests. - Periodically controls the Network of Laboratories. 

### - Assists other SENASA offices in assessing analytical test results.

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### . The Role of Society, Farmers and the IndustryThe participation of the whole society in the Foot and Mouth Eradication Program is organized through the National Foot and Mouth Committee (CONALFA), the Provincial Animal Health Committees (COPRASAS), the Local Animal Health Committees (COPROSAS) and the Local Sanitaries bodies. The specific role of each one of the players creates a solid structure to carry out the Program that includes SENASA and three operational levels.


### a) National Foot and Mouth Eradication Committee (CONALFA)This Committee allows the various interested parties (govemment and nongovernment) to participate in the analysis and definition of eradication policies.

### The Committee is chaired by the President of SENASA, and includes representatives of public and private bodies in the livestock sector.


### b) Provincial Animal Health Committee (COPROSA) The purpose of these Committees is to adapt the strategies developed by SENASA and present technical proposals suited to the province they represent. Its functions are to co-ordinate the actions of the Local Animal Health bodies in 

### their area, and submit reports and suggestions on technical and administrative issues to the National Committee, with the specified frequency and format, or as required.


### c) Local Animal Health bodies (349, not including the offices located in Patagonia) These bodies are responsible for carrying out actions specified in the Provincialand Federal animal health policies, as well as planning, fmplementing and as

### sessing these acj1oIlS cll IfIC IVl;aI Ieve1 I11 addltloil 4nesc bodie: ^ i silbrt'1!1 k%ry_ gram-related technicai and administrative reporis altu f,roposals to t

~ le F'rovirItarRlP.rS - aSS()CIaIlOr1S Pe.Qerai cll!ti OIUVlfit':Ic3i roiitllidi Hc:aitfl r'iuiilvri'ticS. an,, 1O.I.E. — Request to Regain Status of Foot and Mouth Disease Free Area with Vaccination Section on the livestock industry and the Veterinary Systemother important bodies in their area. Their structure is based on an Administration Council, and an Operations Team (Resolution N° 108, 632/02 and the Foot and Mouse Disease Law).
d) The industry Technical experts of livestock related industries slaughter plants, dairy plants and by-products, veterinary drug manufactures continuously interact vvith the farmers and promote production and health management programs to help them improve the quality of their products.These programs contribute to the effort of, and benefit the animal health campaigns.

. The Role of Veterinary Physicians in the 

### Program Veterinarians have been part of the Eradication Program since it was launched through their Professional Associations that participate as members of the CONALFA, the Regional Committees (COPROSAS) and Local Animal Health bodies. In Argentina there are approximately 13,000 veterinary physicians of which 5,950 are accredited by SENASA to carry out health actions for the BrucellosisEradication Program and to certify Brucellosis free holdings, and 4,924 are accredited for the Tuberculosis program. Veterinarians in private practice are continuously in contact with, and provide information to the farmers regarding the required animal health measures. Inaddition they participate in the National Epidemio-Surveillance System (Resolution N° 234/96). Furthermore, the National Surveillance System has the support of another 323 professionals that work in the Network of Laboratories accredited by SENASA and report the diagnostic test results of their laboratories.O.I.E. — Request to Regain Status of Foot and Mouth Disease Free Area vvith Vaccination Section on the livestock industry and the Veterinary System

3, The Livestock Industry The livestock sector plays a key role in the Argentine economy. Its exports havea significant impact on trade and generate intensive industrial activity with processing and manufacturing of products and-by products. 

### In addition, the livestock complex (which includes all the activities related tofarming businesses) is one of the most important players as it generates a significant gross income for the country. The analysis of the livestock sector must include meatpacking and dairy plants, veterinary drug manufacturers, tanneries, skin processing industries, and feed mills.Therefore the Argentine livestock sector is one of particular economic importance, and of great capacity for future development. Livestock farming in Argentina is based on free grazing on natural or seeded pastures, in large, open areas. Livestock operations are organised as businesses. A large number of animals are held on large or medium-sized operations (with over 200 animals). From the point of view of production volumes, small farms and subsistence farming are not significant. Most of the livestock businesses, particularly those located in the more fertile 

### area, keep animals and also grow crops (mixed farming). Livestock in Argentina may be divided into two large production subsectors (cow-calf and fattening). Usually these two activities are performed on different establishments and in difFerent areas. The cow-calf operartions are in areas will less fertile soil. The main breeds are British, Continental, and their crosses. In subtropical and shrub areas in the north of Argentina, Bos Indicus and their crosses are the preference. The main dain, hraari 

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### See section A.I. FMD Susceptible Population in the Region, in Section FMD Prevention.The five neighbouring countries have an estimated population of FMD susceptible animals of 284 million.
Number of Susceptible Animals in Neighbouring Countries Countries Bovines Sheep Pigs Goats Total Bolivia 6,345,491 2,120,749 2,743,621 1,639,902 12,849,763 Brazil 168,451,033 14,427,145 29,267,730 15,471,648 240,467,319 Chile 3,601,750 3,695,062 1,716,881 727,310 9,741,003 Paraguay 9,144,570 402,092 1,781,200 122,992 11,450,854 Uruguay 10,366,393 12,084,505 293,674 7,399 22,751,971 Total 197,909,237 32,729,553 35,803,106 17,314,672 284,411,147 Source: Progress of FMD Eradcabon Programs in Soufh Amenca. PANAFTOSA, Wo tle Janeiro, 2002.



### Animal Health Situation The systematic and periodic information reported by the Pan American Foot and Mouth Disease Centre (PANAFTOSA), the bilateral agreements, and thejoint border programs, provide data on the epidemiological status of the countries in the subregion (see section Eradication of Foot and Mouth Disease).PRUVINCE E3uenos Aires C iac n
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Vaccinated Bovine oer camoaiane and orovince since Anril 2001 YEAR 2001 YEAR 2002 YEAR 2003 YEAR 2004 1°/01 2 ° 101 1°/02 2°/02 1°103 2°/03 1 ° /04 19.520.048 -- 21.787.282 20.851.225 22.388.512 20.770.497 23.139.095 21.794.435'

- ~ ---- - _2.225.325 2.276.804 2.054.806 2.285.999 2.198.581 2.400.577 2.445.635 _6.908.941 6.884.057 6.728.382 ' 7.061.180 7.023.304 7.020.699 6.835.304 2.638.476 4.173.027 4.306.275 4.417.112 4.506.832 4.419.940 4.688.226 4.581.843 1 4.030.718 4.399.693 4.513.828 4.711.103 4.607.030 4.726.596 4.637.573' 1.375 079 1.533.026 1.549.541 1.541.822 1.403.243 1.612.608 1.449.681 54.341 3.718.263

-- 3.898.921 3.789.266 4.339.445 4.192.433 3.880.129 4.000.477

_

- 246.583 - 276.623 276.520 189.120 224.884 169.793 268.925; 425.006 523.833 540.316 565.607 583.234 632.818 624.939 ;

- 0 1.407 294 0

1.398.870 0

1,625.793 4.458

1.561.930 4.960

1.688.049 2.265

1.607.764 3.620

1.532.942 _

I 112.173 6.852.690 - - 1.090.184 183.940

__ 7.096.906

1.119.821 0 6.893.084 1.213.503 135.483 7.151.747

1.094.685 99.434 6.964.065

1.157.779 189.509 7.125.323

1.156.605 153.810 7.157.452

1.232.7041

i 1.182.883 r---- 486.461 201.128 

# L 110.437 92,182 0 91.863 15.425 69.947 14.700 70.012I

_ _ 278.696 429 825 0 0 _ 220.251 551.031 17.805

14.937 217.357

521.014 31.000

72.756 461.872

204.205 '~ -t-- ~ _ 5.382 _

-- 615.080

_ 0 489.959 247.333 562.252 283.588 599.599 1 1 34.553 0 36.626 496 30.790 814 24.288 310 109.568 0 134.643 111.264 117.919 72.013 98.673 51.973.158 55.502.111 

# 1 54.453.376 

# 1 57.909.134 56.946.787 58.791.179 58.225.307 4.590.463 " partial information up to 05/10/04

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