FOOT-AND-MOUTH-DISEASE IN ETHIOPIA FROM 1988 TO 1991

During the period 1988 to 1998 samples from 16 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Ethiopia were examined at the National Veterinary Institut e, Ethiopia, and at the FAO World Reference Laboratory for Foot-and-Mo uth Disease, UK. Typing of the virus responsible was possible in 13 of these outbreaks representing 10 separate disease events; 8 of these w ere caused by serotype 0 and 2 by serotype SAT2. This is the first rec ord of the presence of serotype SAT2 foot-and-mouth disease virus in E thiopia. In contrast to earlier studies serotypes A and C were not det ected.