PRO/AH> Foot & mouth disease - Armenia: (AV) bovine, porcine, st A Asia, gt VII, OIE

Foot and Mouth -- Armenia
Information received on 15 Jan 2016 from Mr Hovhannes Mkrtchyan, head, Veterinary Inspectorate of the State Service for Food Safety, Ministry of Agriculture, Yerevan, Armenia
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 23 Dec 2015
Date of confirmation of the event: 28 Dec 2015
Reason for notification: new strain of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent: food and mouth disease virus (genotype VII)
Serotype: A
Nature of diagnosis: laboratory (basic

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