Newcastle Disease In Taipei, China
TAIPEI - A report (via OIE) on the Newcastle Disease in Taipei, China following from a report on the 20th September 2002.
23 May 2003
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See also: 4 October 2002,
20 September 2002,
(Date of previous reported outbreak: July 2002).
Emergency report
Extract from the monthly report of Taipei China for April 2003, received from Dr Watson H.T. Sung, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Animal and Plant Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture, Taipei:
| Location | No. of outbreaks in April 2003 |
| Kaohsiung prefecture, in the southern part of the island of Taiwan | 1 |
Total number of animals in the outbreak:
| species | susceptible | cases | deaths | destroyed | slaughtered |
| avi | 350 | 310 | 310 | 40 | 0 |
Source: OFFICE INTERNATIONAL DES EPIZOOTIES - 23rd May 2003
