• African swine fever in Sardinia (Italy) and Nigeria. • Classical swine fever in South Africa. • Foot-and-mouth disease in China, Russia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Botswana and the Democratic Republic of Congo. • Bluetongue in Spain. • Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N2) in south-east Asia and in Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia. • Low pathogenic avian influenza (H5N2) in Japan. • Newcastle disease in the UK, France, Israel and Botswana • Vesicular stomatitis in the USA. - These are among matters discussed in the international disease monitoring report for July to September 2005, prepared by DEFRA'S International Animal Health Division.