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Brussels,10November1976
Reportfrom.theCommissiontotheCouncil;
concerningveterinaryproblemsupon
importationofliveanimalsandfresh.seat
from"thirdcountries
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i' Report from' theCommission totheCouncil
concerning veterinary problems upon
importation oflive animals andfresh meat
from third countries
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14In1972theCouncil adopted theDirective of12December onhealth end
veterinary inspection problems uponimportation ofbovine animals and
(m^Qg andfresh meat from third countries » ,
Article 3ofthisDirective provides fortheCounoil ,acting cmaproposal
fromtheCommission ,todrawupalistofcountries orparts ofcountries
fromwhich these importations shall beauthorised ,taking intoaccount the
/ .veterinary problems involved .
During theconsideration bytheCouncil oftheCommission proposal
related tothis list ,oertain difficulties arose duetodifferences in
thehealth status ofoertain countries ,
2.Inorder toolarify ondresolve these problems theCommission organised
avisit byCommunity veterinary experts toUruguay ,Brazil andArgentina ,
with theaimofstudying theanimal health situation ,thefunctioning of *
theveterinary services andthesystem ofanimal production ,inorder to
olarify whether ,with regard totheconditions oftheThird Country
Direotive (7V4^/ESC)»**would "bepossible fortfteee three countries
toexport animals endaniraal products toihsCommunity ,Special attention
waspaidtothediseases mentioned inArticle 6ofDireotive 72/46?/EEC-
butother important diseases indomestio livestock ;were also considered ,
such asfoot-andU -oouth disease (European types ),wwine fever ,
brucellosis andtuberculosis .
Documentation wascolleoted asaresult ofthis mission ,themajor
observations ofwhich aresisnmarised intheannexed report ,Thelatter
also includes summaries ofreoommendations made forasimportations
ofanimals andanimal produota areconcerned ,conclusions agreed upon by
alltheveterinary experts whoparticipated inthemission .
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ThePanAmerican Foot-&a&~Kouth Disease Centre (PAHOC )inRiode '
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Janeiro :andthe PlanAmerican Centre forZoonoses ,inBucrfos Aires vere ''.
visited ,being ofparticular Importance forooordin&tion ofinternational
control ©fdisease ,notonly inthecountries -YialtedL Inxtalso Inall-
other countries ofCentral andSouth America .SV
COTTCLUSiOïïS
3*Onthebasis ofinfbrmation included intheannexed "sunsnaxy report ,the""
Commission isoftheopinion that *
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a)importation offresh meatofthebovine andovine epooies nayalsobe
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authorised from thefollowing countries 1Colombia ,Costa Rioa,Cuba ,
Mexico ,Guatemala ,Honduras ,Nicaragua andPan©mat
b;importation oflive animals ofthebovine epeoiea staybeauthorised '..
from certain regions ofArgentinp ,
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4«Concerning thespecial case ofimportation ofpigmeat from China ,the .!•
Commission isoftheopinion thatsuchimportation should beauthorised ,.
provided that certain guarantees arefulfilled .Cortainljr theinformation
available should bemore complete andforwarded more regularly ,but,
astheCons&ission hasalready indicated when -iteu&oltted theproposal
foralist ofthird countries totheCouncil ,theimportant thing ia
that this count iy,like allother countries ,should beinaposition to
fulfil therequirements oftheDirective when itcooes into force *
Ifnot ,thecase should bere-examined .
f ,
From this point ofview China maybeallowed toexport pigmeat ,on
condition that this meat isused only forindustrial purposes .This
precaution eeetas opportune inview ofthepresent information available *
5»Duetotheeontinuously evolving character ofthehealth situation on
theonehand ,andasnewinformation maybereceived oncertain third
countries before thecomplete entry into application oftheDirective of
12December ontheother ,theCommission confirms theexpediency ofnot
immediately publishing thelist ofagreed third countries *This list
mayineffect besubject tomodification endwill inarycase be
'followed bycertain dispositions adopted inparticular inapplication of
Article® Qend16oftheftboveaeaiioaed Direct ive# 2hee«Consnunity

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seasons thepublication ofthelistinthepresent circumstances la
likely toproY^ke certain mimmdrre^andinga *which would bedifficult
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Consequently ,theCommission suggests totheCouncil I .
•toamend thelist©fthird countries ,which vaainthecompromise
presented "bytheIflih presidency inJune 1975 ,withthemodification
indicated above atpoint 3#®cdrnler thecondition® foreseen in
points 4and51; . -
–-fcQadapt inconsequence thedeclaration oftheCouncil appearing
theprocls-vsrbal concerning thenecessity fcojwgltma3J.se *
importations .ftp®# certain ewm%ri%9 ,edding %&'itArgentina ,
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*" Commission report .
.'.onavisit ofveterinary experts toUruguay ,a
\Brazil ,Argentina ,thePanAmerican Foot-and «»;
:Mouth Disease Centre ,Caxias ,RiodeJaneiro -«
andthePanAmerioan Centre forZoonosos ,
Buenos Aires ,frora 23June to20July 1976'
TheEECCommission organised avisit byveterinary experts toUruguay , '•
Brazil andArgentina ,with theaimofstudying theanimal health situation ,
thefunctioning oftheveterinary services andthesystem ofanimal
production inthethree countries ,Hieaimwastoclarify whether itwould
bepossible forthese three countries toexport animals andanimal products
totheCommunity .Special attention waspaid tothediseases mentioned in
Article 6ofDirective 72/462/EECbutother important diseases indomestic '
livestock wens aleo -considered ,such asfoot-and-mouth disease (European
types ),swinfc fever ,brucellosis andtuberculosis , '
Information including document ationwascollected from each country .The
major observations areBurmnarised inthis report ,including those conclusions
aafarasimportations ofanimals andanimal products areconcerned ,
which were agreed upon byalltheveterinary experts whoparticipated in
the mission .
General information about the foot-end -mouth disease situation inSouthern
andCentral America wascollected byvisiting thePanAmerican Centre for
Foot-ard~Mouth Disease ,Caxias ,RiodeJaneiro *This visit made itpossible
fortheCommission toobtain documentation fordeoisions relating tothe
protection against FMDinthis area .Thevisit tothePanAmerican Centre
forZoonoses ,Buenos Aires ,gave theEECmaterial tocompare thesystems of
control anderadication ofbovine brucellosis andtuberculosis with the
rules existing intheEECMember States , .
URUGUAY
Veterinary Services
s
Theveterinary services arewell structured ,coordination iagood between
thecentral admirsist ratios aadregional field services ,executive activities
being favoured bytherelatively small size ofthecountry .Theveterinary
administration isadapted tothedomestio livestock production systems ,areas
ofcompetence being well defined# Sfoia isofspecial valu® with regard tofi '\.•••* ••«

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thecontrol ofimport nntdiseases .Special emphnsis hasbeen given to
:foot-ionrl-raouth disoasa control jaspooled directorate (DILFA )takes oar®
*ofair.iriistr&tive .field andlaboratory activities .
L'iooratory S«rvicco fCIV3T )
Hielaboratory service 19centralized jimpor-t witdiagnoses being carried out
intheRubino Institute atPsjido .Allfuneral diagnostic laboratory
investigations arecarried outhere Recording toUruguayan legislrtion .
Diagnostic work onRinderpest ,Classical Swine Fevor ,Teschen disease ,
African Swine Fover andBlue Tongue isnotcarried outforthemoment .
Facilities fordiayionis ofviral diseases aronotwell developed ,*vpart
from thediagnosis ofFMDinthespecial DILFA laboratory .Regional
diagnostic laboratories donotexist enditisthegeneral opinion that mora
could bedone inrespect offield staff cridfield laboratory activities .
IfreDige^g *Situation inDomestic Livestock
Themission wasinformed that thediseroes mentioned inArticle 6of
Directive 72/462have never been observed inUruguay .
Theiioease reporting system isnotfully developed wd
statistical information isnotcollected systematically except forP.®,
Foot-:jid-Houth Disease (FITD)-Foot-md-rr.outh dieease isenderaio inccrtninwa .rf*j«x-!s«sö»sc:i :%:ss^=ss..<2 3se:sstsft»xi2si » ,
are-'j .Epidemics develop atregular intervaln ,eflpecUlly inborder districts
andatcertain timeg oftheye^r ,Itoppo.irs tobeneoessiry tovaccinate
thr^«times annually .Many reasonr ?v/eregiven forthi^,,e.g. theheevy
exposure tofield virus which contnke plnco inrelatiqn totrade ,thelow
incnunogonic effect ofthevacoines used andthepossibility that oil
animals are .notsystematically vaccinated , "Hieveterinary authorities are
trying toimprove this bythefiecpt-lisotion ofvaccination certifiootee in *
ralrvtion tomovement andspecial ring vncoination arour,4 outbrenks ,The
difficulties insolving theKfl)problem could ,.!b®explained byseveral ,factors t
a)vaccine quality
b)extensive oniiaal movements
e)thepoor application ofvice inrition
d)therearing ofmiraals under extensive conditions
e)movements oftnim&ls toandfromneighbouring countries
f)changing structure ofcattle population (concent rotioninlarger herds )
8)b1aught erpolicy fordiseased Animals during outbreaks , j.'.■

Drucollooio -Compulsory vacoin&tion ofallhoifers (3-6months old)with
S1?vaccine iscarried' out.Blood tests (Huddloson method )arecarried
outinsome dairy herds ,which arokept free from infection .Theresult
isthat brucellosis ispartly under control indairy herds butthat no
systematic disease eradication policy exists onanationwide b^sis . ••
Tub-rculosis -Nostatistical informr.tion ontuberculosis isavailable .
DHaasseasses
TBisreported tooccur primarily indairy cottle .Incertain dairy h^rdo ,
whose railk isused forhum^n consumption ,TBtesting (alttuberculin )is
carried outandreaotors slaughtered .Tuberculosis isoommonly found in
pigti atslaughter .ItIsreported tobeOfthebovine type .This is
«
however notConfirmed bylaboratory diagnosis .
Swine Fev«sr -isonly rarely reported .When swine fever outbreaks occur■ssaasasaaa
piggmaybevaccinated .Only theChinese ,strain iaofficially approved but
itcannot beexcluded that other vaccines arcused .
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1#Animal health control iswell structured andtheveterinary staff
employed seem tobewell-trained butthere iaaserious shortage of
technical personnel . *•"£
2#Inthecontrol ofanimal health ,control ofepidemic disease isbased
onpermanent contacts with farmers andrequests bybreeders .
•Ji*"'Thelaboratory services could bedovdloped toagruoter extent .Plans
have been putforward toestablish regional laboratory services *
4«Atpresent theepidemiological situation ofFMDmakes itunsafe to
import into ESCcountries live animals endbone-in neat ofanimal species
s
•which aresusceptible toFMD,
Theimportation ofdeboned beef andhorsemeat seeing tobesafe and
acceptable ,
Thaimportation ofmetatfrom other FMD-3Usceptible animal species cKeuld
notbeconsidered , ! !
Asfarasdeboned mutton isconcerned ,full useofvaccination ,ordered
byUruguayan law ,isaprecondition forimport atior tl.
•TheFT®strains inUruguay arenotoftheAsiatic orAfrican types but
theapidemiologio situation could bsImproved incartcvin regions .
Importation oflitfo animals might b®possible ifprevalence w*1incidonee
war® reduced tothe levels enOouRtared intheESQ Meaaber States ,

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5.According totherequirements oftheDirective ,exportation oflive »
cattle from Uruguay cennot beaccepted aafarastuberaulooie and
.brucolloaie areconcerned .Thereasons forthia
i
a)theinfrastructure fordisease control ionotsufficient tomeet
Community standards {
b)theexisting criteria forbrucellosis freedom d®notoonforn io
EECrules ;
o)thediagnostic procedures arenotoomporablo .
BRAZIL
Veterinary Services
Iheveterinary servicea appeared to "bewell organised ,,Theliaiaon between
federal endstate authorities seemed good ,Thenumbej ;ofveterinariana In
thefield and atintermediate level appears toboinsufficient for ft ''
ι
country thesize ofBrazil .Wenoticed that thefunctioning ofthe
administrative system isnotoompletely satisfactory utthemoment .
Laborotorv Servicm
Only themost developed States have veterinary laboratories -federal erA/or *
state (CAW ),Veterinary research workers oreingeneral well qualified ,
some ofinternational reputation .
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ThePanAmarioan Foot ~&nd-I touthDisease Centre inRio iaaninternational
institution ofhigh standard butcontacts between thig |Centre andthe
national veterinary authorities ,asWell oathaWorld Referenda LaVoratory
atPirbright ,should beimproved .
Anim-1 He-i.lt h . . 'v'V ."" •• 4 •--«■ <£.
Thediseases mentioned inArticle 6ofDirective 72/4(i2have notbeen .
observed inthestates where veterinary control isestablished .
Foot -md-^outh -Foot-wid-mouth disease isen^etaio with &tendency
todevelop into epidemics incertain regions ,Anational plan forthe
control ofFHD ho.abeen programmed fortheperiod 1972-87 .Atthis moment
ithasonly been fully implemented inseven states .Vaccination hrusbeen
carried outforseveral yoara ,although' fall cover hasnotyetbeen
a-5hieved ,Thonational plan appears tobewell structured from the
. f..-.
adrainiotrativa point ofview butthere issomadoubt as ©ffioocy of
itspraetioal implementation *

Thefollowingappeartooreateproblems %
1,?helongduration;between theobservationofclinical .synjrtomaend•'
vetorinaryaction,often2-3days,sometimesmore.
2,Sheshortdurationofvacoinalimmunity,necessitating vaocinntioa
""""threetimesannually(stillwithoninefficientrAeult),Ihe
Vaccinations arecarriedoutbytheovmerowithouteitherregularor
obligatoryveterinarycontrolandsomeanimalsarenotproperly„
Vacoinated, j
.Twoqualitiesofvaooinearedistributed,onebyordinarydealers,the
•"otherforringvaocinationaroundoutbreaksbytheveterinaryservices,
4#Iheuncontrollable movementsofCattleforfatteningbetweenareasof
differentstatesinvolvesconsiderablepossibilities forspreadingth•*
virusanddifficulties inControllingoutbreaks.
Inspiteofgreetefforts,TilDappearstoremainaproblemofvast
xa&iitude.ItisdifficulttoenvisagethesolutionoftheFMDproblemfox*
severalyears, .
•
Brucellosis-Controlisonlycarriedoutinoertaindairyherds#Tests
MJa y I
ureCarriedoutaccordingtotheHuidlesonmethod.
1 * 'i•*
Tuberc\doHis-Tuberculosisisreportedtoberare.Onlycertaind^iryt.
herdsaretested.
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SerineiVtfcr•observedfromtimetotime.Crystalvioletvaooinelaused»
in*mm»systematio way.
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At|rreeenttheepidemiological situationof.F*Dmakesitunsafetoimport
intoEECcountriesfromBrazileitherlivecattleorbone-inneat.Only
theimportationofdebonidbeefanddr^ori1muttonfromvaccinjt^danimtlsseems
tobesafearidacceptable.Consideringthat,theFICDvirusstrainspresent
inBrazilarenottheAsiaticorAfriorntypes,onecouldenvioag®that
oertainregions,aftersomeyears,couldimprovetheirKIDsituationand;.
.reachthesooeprevalenceendincidencerateswinthe£08MemberStates*<
Inthisoasefiaportatioa9tliveaniaal®g&tooaoeerttfroaBrasU
••' • •«•.,*.wrnldpossible,■,'•* ,;
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•y

Wefeol that itionecessary fortheEECtobe "better informed ofthe
current developnent of "theH<®situation inBrazil .
4
AUGKMTTÏÏA '
Veterin^rr Services
Theveterinary services arodivided into three divioiona -thelaboratoiy
services (SELAB ),theanimal health division (SELSA )andthedivision for
inspection ofanimal products (SIPA ).Uiqcontrol ofepizootic diseaaea-i8
theresponsibility ofSSL3A which hasitsownlaboratories fordiagnosis , :
vaccine testing etc.Furthermore ,SELSA isresponsible forexport
quarantine ,surveillance ofanimal movement aetc.Theveterinary eervioe®
oreorganised with thespqoial aimofcontrolling foot»n,pd«<aoutli disease p
butother disease programmes exist .
Anime 1H^nlth
Thediseases mentioned inArticle 6ofthe EJ9CDirective 72/462have notboon
ol"serv%d ,
Foot-.-xd-mouth disease -Argentina isdivided into 3Bonpo according toth®
e=~s^9 -sssasraaasesstar =s»sa # t <(, . ..... »
occurrence ofFîTD # ,; ;
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Zone 1iUorth oftheriver3 Barrancas andColorado
Zone 21South ofZone 1aafaraslatitude 42°3 (RioKocto andNenqusn
provinces )
Zone 31South oflatitude 42S.(Chubut ,Santa Cruz andTierro delFuego
'provinces ). '' •
IhiZone 1,which contains thecattle rearing areas ofArgentina ,foot-am®
mouth disease isendemic ,with atendency towards epidemic® .Outbreaks
constently occur inlimited areas .Vaccinqtic# iscarried outusing three
•v «.
vaccinations annuully ofallcattle more than 2y«ara old,©lie iocarried
outbytheovmers themselves ortheir workers .
Forseveral years ithasbeen mandatory tovaccinate oilsh»op twice
annually .However ,itisdoubtful whether this laactually done asembe
seen from thenumber ofdooe ?produced endthetotal number ofsheep in
.»
Zone 1.'mere isnoslaughter ofinfected animals inrelation tooutbreaks .
InZone 1asituation ofpermanent infeotion exiata irrespective of
vaccination Campaigns .Thereasons maybethat large movements offtnim&i *
goonwithout thenecessary vacoine anddisease control ,extensive
oonditiona ofrearing,' thepoor quality ofv&oolne ,aav*ll aathe

t
ê
wayvaccinaeadministered handledin"thofield,
InZone2noBystenatiovaccination®areallowed.However,ringvacoination
ispractised ,incafleaofoutbreaks.Hieintroductionofanimalsinto
Zone2isonlyallowedforbreedingpurposes .orfordiveotelaughter,not
forfatt-ningorpasturing.
Zone3isregardedasfreefrorafoot-.->nd-?30uth*ndistiub^ecttosatisfactory
controlprocedure ?)operatedbytheArgentinianveterinaryauthorities.Bio
introductionofliveaiimalsandmeatontheboneiancftallowedSouthof
latitude42°S.Onlyliveanimalsforbreedingpurpose^,tenderquarantine
conditions,areallowed.Nosystematicvaccinationisallowed.IfFMDl'
breaksoutstampingoutisapplied.However,ithasb<ienoonfirmedthat
duringthelostoutbreakringvaccination woooarriedout, i
BovineBrucellonis-Anotionalprogrammehasbeenestablishedtocorab.-itasâs^sss^cssasjssa *
bovinebrucellosis.Itisonlyj_insomeprovincesthatitiscarriedoutin
acompulsoryway.Allfemalehalvesbetween3end8monthsareVaccinated
withStrain19.Farmerscarryoutthevaocination,Serologicaltestingof
voscinatedanimalsiscarriedouttocheck:whethervaccinat hcabeen•
t
carriedout.Vaccinatedanimalsareporaancntlybrrjided,Tneroisno.(
brucellosissurveillance eystera.Abortionsarenotreportedendeyateraatio
eradicationschemesnotestablished,!hoHuddleeonagglutination methodis
weed,thoreadingsbasedonthofollowing:
ffc.TfrtiveI•non-vaccinated snitvls,50IU/nlor"lean• ....•
vaccinatedanimalsaged30monthsornore,100IU/nlorlees'•
vaccinatedpjiimalsagedlessthan30months^notitrelimit,.
Theprograramoforconbatingbovinebrucellosisisinadequate,Ihemethods ^
Used,thocontrolmeasurestakenandtheevaluationcriteriaareforfrora
conparablewithW,0standardsendcriteria ,forofficiallybrucellosisfree
andbrucellosisfreeherds,en.indioatedinDirective72/462,Hiereisno
systemforrecognitionoffreeherdsandoffioiallyfr^eherds.Itoustbe
aaouraed'thatsomoherds,regardedasbrucellosisfreeaccordingtoArgentinian
methods,areinfected,^becauseofthewaythisisassessed;
a"*' *
SwineBrucellosis-Nostateactionagainstswinebrucellosisisergrjnioed,
■assrtnaaciaaaaansiaai
exceptforserologicaltestingofnnimelssenttonationalexhibitionsand
shows,If9diseasestatisticsexistandthenunber©fisnotknown.
ffii*l«v«l©?h®rdinfectimiaeetiiaai«dat15-18^.
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'M "*"1,r®*svoluntaryprocedureforcombatingbovine
tubiroulorns.Onlydairyherdsarecheckedfortuberculosis,th«farmers
cullingreactorsfoundbythesixmonthlytuberculinteste.Thtr*isnobaft
onthesaleofanimalsortheBaleofmilkfromherdscontainingreactors.
Itisestinatedthat4~6£ofhsrdsinthecountryareinfected.In
PatAtfoniathelevelofinfectionia1/t.Exactdatadonotexist.Ther«i«
noofficialsystemforreco(?aj.ticnoftuberculosis-fre *»herds. •*•
Sv/ine^fVwr-nospecialprovisionsexistforcontrolofswinefever.
Famerssometimesproteottheiranimalsbyvaocination,insolationto
outbreaks.TheChinesestrainvaccineio'mostoftenu«?ed.Cutbrer-kflof
svinsfevermustbereportedendthehertfIsolateduntiltheoutbreakhta
oeased,Inunvacoinatedherdsolau^htev .larecommended,Invaccinatedherds
sic<canimalsarstreatedKithhyperi^unesero.TheVBJBupar\riee&useof
vaccinesbyfamarcleadstoconsiderableprobleoBiai-sl^ticato•*
non-systematio dise&secontrolarderadication.
str^T
Liveaimais. *
ImportationoflivecattleandswinefronZonts1and2isnotacceptable
becnuseofithepresentfoot-anrt-mouthdiceaaesituation,Thisshouldbe
seeninitsproperperspective!ifacomjarablesituationjn-evailedij4..
KecberStateoftheCommunityorinenyEuropeancountry,theESCMember 5!
Stateswouldbcaallimportsfromthecountryconcerned.Ho<W<JI,no
objectioncanberaisedtotheimportationofslaughtercattlefromZone3.''
Itmustbeborneinmint?thatforthevholeofArgentinatheverydifferent,
proceduresendmethodsofcombatingjmdmonitoringbovinebrucellosisend
tuberculosismilitatep^ainsttheimportationofliven&inal*.Withregard•
tot!ieimportationofbreedingandstorecattle,theECeritsrUforcontrol
oftuberculosisandbrucellosisshouldbocompliedwith.
I--rortoffreshme.itfroiflonsrtlcraln-nt*
lieimportoffreshmeatfrotadomesticruminantstwiththeexceptionofgoat1
nea-5,isacceptable.Becauseofthefoot-and-mouthsitu-.tion,however,only-
bonedmeatisacceptablefromsones1and2.Theimportationofmeatonthe
bar.*isfccoeyteblatr«Zone3,«ubj«ottoWappllcationofeatiefaotoiy

oontrolofnovementofcnimalaandfreshmoatovertheborderlinebeivesn •
'Zonea1and2,intoZone3. .•
Theimp©rtotionoffr«3hpignoatianotacceptablebyEECMemberStates
becauseofthefoot-and-mouthsituationor/1aloothoaltuationoaforoa
ewinefeverandswinebrucellosisareconcerned.Theimportationoffreoh'
meatfrotaeolipedoiop*>aoiblewithoutobjectiona.
7inittotheP?n/im^ricnn .Foot-nnd-?TonthDlgrv-^cCentre,Crrtr.T.RiodqJonMro
1,InopitsofthelargonmountofeffortandmoneyinveotedbySouth
.iV- *
'Acsric&ncountriesincontrolcrmpaignafaconsistentimprovementin
••,theincidenceofdiseaseioonlyBeeninc»rt^inptrtaofChile,Argentine
■.andColonbia.%iadisappointingsituationialikelytobeduetoj
incompletecoverageandtofailureoInexecutionofcontrolnen/rureo.•
;ItisimpossibletopinpointtheexactArenawhereouchfailureooccur,
butthpreareindicationsthatmostofthoprocedurea-involvedincontrol
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programmes(e.g,surveillanceofinfection.production »etpndsrdiscitioa ,pnd
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applicationofvaccines,containmentofoutbrerlca,controlofp.nimal
movement«etc)may,atonetimeoranother,boimproperlyoarricdout1a
differentcountries.Itiaalsopossiblethatothorfactorsconnected
withhu3bondryntnusementoreventheoheorscaleoftheprobleanny
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oftheaehaveboonfoundtoboepide.uiologlo&lly iraportantortorecjuir#
changeainvaccinacoiapooition.
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'connectioniatoestablishthopotentialdangerofnowSouthAmerican
oubtypeatoEurope,Bilowouldrequiredirectconparioonofetrain*arkl
information ontheeffectiveness ofEuropennvaooineaagainotSouth
Americanstrains,
4*Effortsshouldboroorletoinvestigatereasonsfordisftoseoontrol
:failuresinSouthAmerica.Aaanalysisofcoraparativcaspect®of
ccntrelprok-roaroaoozriedoutInRiropoSJO&SouthAaerioaaftjrof
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