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Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)

 

In accordance with the OIE procedure for official recognition of disease status, this page provides access to the list of OIE Member Countries officially recognized free from foot and mouth disease (FMD) by the OIE through the adoption of a Resolution by the World Assembly of Delegates (World Assembly) of the OIE at the annual General Session in May every year.

A Member Country wishing to be officially recognized as disease-free by the OIE should submit the questionnaire laid out in Chapter 1.6. of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code (Terrestrial Code) and comply with all requirements specified in the Terrestrial Code for FMD. The OIE Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases (Scientific Commission) is responsible to undertake, on behalf of the World Assembly, the assessment of OIE Member Countries applications for their compliance with OIE standards. The assessment carried out by the Scientific Commission is based on the recommendations formulated by a relevant ad hoc Group composed of world specialists in disease control.   

Subsequent to a disease outbreak or when the Scientific Commission determines that the conditions are not met anymore to demonstrate compliance with the relevant requirements of the Terrestrial Code, a disease status may be suspended. The Scientific Commission may decide to reinstate the suspended status when a Member Country has submitted an application which fulfils all the requirements requested for the recovery of official disease status laid out in the relevant Chapters of the Terrestrial Code. The suspensions and recoveries of disease status are announced by the Director General of the OIE in consultation with the Scientific Commission and the list of these is kept up to date until adoption of a new Resolution by the World Assembly in the following May.

Member Countries enjoying a disease free status officially recognised by the OIE must submit an annual reconfirmation form by the end of November every year.  

FMD free where vaccination is not practised

Members recognised as FMD free where vaccination is not practised, according to the provisions of Chapter 8.5. of the Terrestrial Code :

 

Albania

Germany

New Caledonia

Australia

Greece

New Zealand

Austria

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Belarus

Guyana

Norway

Belgium

Haiti

Panama

Belize

Honduras

Poland

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hungary

Portugal

Brunei

Iceland

Romania

Canada

Indonesia

San Marino

Chile

Ireland

Serbia (1)

Costa Rica

Italy

Singapore

Croatia

Japan

Slovakia

Cuba

Latvia

Slovenia

Cyprus

Lesotho

Spain

Czech Rep.

Lithuania

Swaziland

Denmark

Luxembourg

Sweden

Dominican Republic

Madagascar

Switzerland

El Salvador

Malta

Ukraine

Estonia

Mauritius

United Kingdom

Finland

Mexico

United States of America

Former Yug. Rep. of Macedonia

Montenegro

Vanuatu

France

Netherlands

 

(1) Excluding Kosovo administered by the United Nations

 

  • FMD free where vaccination is practised

Members recognised as FMD free where vaccination is practised, according to the provisions of Chapter 8.5. of the Terrestrial Code :

Uruguay

 

  • FMD free zone where vaccination is not practised

Members having an FMD free zone where vaccination is not practised, according to the provisions of Chapter 8.5. of the Terrestrial Code :

 

Argentina 

the zone designated by the Delegate of Argentina in a document addressed to the Director General in January 2007;

Botswana 

one zone designated by the Delegate of Botswana in documents addressed to the Director General in November 2010;

Brazil 

State of Santa Catarina ;

Colombia :

one zone designated by the Delegate of Colombia in documents addressed to the Director General in November 1995 and in April 1996 (Area I - Northwest region of Choco Department),

one zone designated by the Delegate of Colombia in documents addressed to the Director General in January 2008 (Archipelago de San Andres and Providencia);

Malaysia 

zone covering the provinces of Sabah and Sarawak as designated by the Delegate of Malaysia in a document addressed to the Director General in December 2003;

Moldova 

zone designated by the Delegate of Moldova in a document addressed to the Director General in July 2008;

Namibia 

zone designated by the Delegate of Namibia in a document addressed to the Director General in February 1997;

Peru 

one zone consisting of two merged zones as designated by the Delegate of Peru in two documents addressed to the Director General in December 2004 and in January 2007;

Philippines 

one zone consisting of the Mindanao Islands,


one zone consisting of the Islands of Visayas and the provinces of Palawan and Masbate, as designated by the Delegate of the Philippines in a document addressed to the Director General in August 2000 and December 2001,

 
three separate zones that cover the whole Island of Luzon as designated by the Delegate of the Philippines in a document addressed to the Director General in December 2009 and November 2010;

 

  • FMD free zone where vaccination is practised

Members having an FMD free zone where vaccination is practised, according to the provisions of Chapter 8.5. of the Terrestrial Code

 

Argentina 

two separate zones designated by the Delegate of Argentina in documents addressed to the Director General in March 2007 and in August 2010;

Bolivia 

zone of Chiquitania designated by the Delegate of Bolivia in documents addressed to the Director General in January 2003 and March 2007,


 zone located in the western part of the Department of Oruro in documents addressed to the Director General in September 2005,

 
zone adjacent to the east of Chiquitania designated by the Delegate of Bolivia in documents addressed to the Director General in August 2010;

Brazil

five separate zones designated by the Delegate of Brazil in documents addressed to the Director General as follows:


zone covering the territory of the State Rio Grande do Sul (documentation of September 1997),

 
zone consisting of State of Rondônia (documentation of December 2002), State Acre along with two adjacent municipalities of Amazonas State (documentation of March 2004 and an extension of this zone into the territory of the State of Amazonas (December 2010),

 
zone consisting of the middle southern part of the State Parà (documentation of February 2007), the States of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Sergipe, parts of Tocantins, parts of Bahia,Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Paraná, São Paulo (documentation of May 2008) and the zone in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul (documentation of July 2008),

 
zone in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul (documentation of August 2010),

 
zone located in the States of Bahia and Tocantins (documentation of December 2010);

Colombia

one merged zone consisting of originally five zones designated by the Delegate of Colombia in documents addressed to the Director General in January 2003, December 2004 (two zones), January 2007 and January 2009;

Paraguay 

two separate zones designated by the Delegate of Paraguay in documents addressed to the Director General in March 2007 and August 2010;

Turkey

zone designated by the Delegate of Turkey in documents addressed to the Director General in November 2009 and in March 2010.

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