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The major events affecting terrestrial animals in 2007 and early 2008 according to the report of the 76. General Session of OIE, were: the introduction of African swine fever to Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Chechen Republic (Russia); the continuation of the highly pathogenic avian influenza epizootic due to the virus subtype H5N1 in some countries; the expansion of bluetongue virus serotype 8 and the first signs of the emergence of serotype 1 in Europe; the reoccurrence of the foot and mouth disease in certain areas; regular decline in the number of reported cases of BSE. Among the OIE-listed aquatic animal diseases two important ones were mentioned: the introduction of epizootic ulcerative syndrome into some countries in southern Africa; the occurrence of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia in several countries.