>From: "Jon Corlett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: "IRIS Author" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 10:56 PM >Subject: [ADC-ITF] New strain of foot-and-mouth disease detected in Iraq > > >| New strain of foot-and-mouth disease detected in Iraq >| >| >| BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq learned on Saturday that a new >| strain of the cattle disorder foot-and-mouth disease >| had been detected in the country, following an >| outbreak last year that reached disastrous levels >| before treatment could be started. >| This time, Amir Khalil, representative of the U.N. >| Food and Agriculture Organisation in Iraq, said he >| hoped for a faster response from the U.N. committee >| that monitors Iraq's import of vaccines and other >| goods. The disease could spread to neighbouring >| countries, he added. >| >| Under U.N. sanctions imposed for its 1990 invasion of >| Kuwait, Iraq can import only food, medicine and other >| essentials, and only under U.N. supervision. >| >| The United States, one member of the monitoring >| committee, has been responsible for most of the holds >| on imports, saying it is concerned some materials that >| have agricultural, medical or other uses also could be >| used to produce chemical or biological weapons. >| >| The sanctions are to remain until Iraq convinces the >| United Nations it has eliminated its weapons of mass >| destruction and the ability to produce and deliver >| them. >| >| By the time vaccines reached Iraq during the last >| foot-and-mouth outbreak, thousands of sheep and cows >| had died. >| >| Fadhil A. Jassim, director general of the Veterinary >| Services in the Agriculture Ministry, said the 1998-99 >| outbreak was a "disaster" for the Iraqi economy. >| >| Tim Obi, an FAO consultant in Iraq, said he alerted >| the Iraqi Agriculture Ministry to the foot-and-mouth >| outbreak on Saturday and said vaccines now available >| would be useless against the new strain. >| >| Obi said realisation that there was a second strain >| was delayed by the lack of testing facilities in Iraq. >| >| >| Iraq's testing capabilities were destroyed along with >| other facilities U.N. inspectors believed produced >| banned weapons, Jassim said. >| >| Foot-and-mouth disease eats at the skin, tongues and >| lips, causes foot lesions and makes the animals' milk, >| meat and skin useless. Infected animals can neither >| eat nor walk. >| >| >| >| >| ===== >| =============================================== >| Iraq Resource Information Site >| http://www.geocities.com/iraqinfo >| ----------------------------------------------- >| >| __________________________________________________ >| Do You Yahoo!? >| Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. >| http://im.yahoo.com >| > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
