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campaign due to severe drought. No explanation of zero submissions for September and November 2013 was provided in the report. 

Another example of the non-compliance to the surveillance plan by the DVS is illustrated in Table 4 below: 

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Source: Surveillance Report 2013. 

Table 4 depicts significant inconsistencies in adherence to the prescribed sample sizes of 950 and 470 for cattle and small stock respectively. In August 2013, only 127 cattle were sampled for FMD testing, representing 13.4% of the expected number of samples. A similar situation was also reported in May 2013 where 254 samples instead of 470 samples were tested for FMD (representing 54% of expected samples). 

The report attributed those gaps in surveillance plan implementation to some districts (Letlhakane, Nata and Palapye District offices) missing sampling in August 2013. No explanation was provided in the report as to why the districts 

