PRV Outbreak in Bolivia

May 25, 2006 — 

The National Service for Animal and Plant Health and Food Safety (SENASAG) in Trinidad has reported to the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) an outbreak of Aujeszky's Disease (pseudorabies) on a farm in Gran Chaco province in Carapari district in Bolivia. The disease has killed 31 suckling pigs aged less than 3 months. It is reported that another pig farm, located in the vicinity of the affected farm, introduced animals purchased from the zone where the previous outbreak of the disease occurred in July 2005 (Monteagudo district, Chuquisaca department).

The government has implemented a number of control measures including quarantine, movement controls, zoning, stamping out, vaccination and disinfection.

Source:
World Animal Health Organization (OIE)