International disease monitoring, April to June 2005

Abstract
African swine fever in Sardinia and Burkina Faso Classical swine fever in Nicaragua Foot‐and‐mouth disease in Colombia, China and Russia Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in south‐east Asia and H7 outbreaks in North Korea Low pathogenic avian influenza (H5N2) in Japan Newcastle disease in Greece, Israel and Japan Sheep pox and goat pox in Vietnam Swine vesicular disease in Italy Vesicular stomatitis in Bolivia and the USA BSE in the USA Glanders in the Middle East – These are among matters discussed in the international disease monitoring report for April to June 2005, prepared by DEFRA ’s International Animal Health Division