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Open Session of the EuFMD - Cascais –Portugal 26-28 October 2016

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• Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is endemic in Georgia.
• The last reported outbreak of FMD was in caJle in 2002.
• Results of FMD virus sero-surveys indicate that the virus is sNll circulaNng in
Georgia.
• NFA conducts:
– Passive surveillance
– NSP surveillance
– Biannual blanket vaccinaNon for large and small ruminants
– Post vaccinaNon SP survey

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• In 2015 - 2,438,051 animals were vaccinated
– 1,521,932 large ruminants (LR) and 916,119 small ruminants (SR)
• In 2016 - 1,639,404 animals were vaccinated
– 765,145 LR and 874,259 SR
• EsNmated vaccinaNon coverage for both groups were > 80%
• NSP Sero-survey was conducted in order to idenNfy virus circulaNon
Figure 1. Total ruminants vaccinated against FMD from 2012 - spring 2016

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• Sero-survey results from samples collected from:
• Large ruminants: About 13.8% FMD posiNve
• Small ruminants: About 15.2% FMD posiNve
Figure 2. Sero-survey results from samples collected between 2015-2016: large ruminants (A) 13.8% FMDV PosiNve, and n= 1,455;
small ruminants (B) 15.5% FMDV posiNve, and n= 1,809.

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• Due to animal vaccinaNon, there have been no reported FMD outbreaks in Georgia.
• In the event of an outbreak of FMD, rapid spread of the disease could occur among
a large populaNon of suscepNble animals.
• This informaNon will be used for developing next year’s risk based vaccinaNon plan
and to monitor FMD in Georgia.
Figure 3. 2015 Sero-survey results for FMD NSP in Georgia: large (A) and small ruminants (B).

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