Performance Audit Report on the Control of F MD 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:  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  31 |  P a g e Table 4 :  Samples collected from the FMD intensive surveillance zone  (Protection Zone) in 2013  Month Species Samples  Expected Tested May Cattle 950  1043  Small stock  470  254  August  Cattle 950  127  November Cattle 950  941  Small stock  470  677  TOTAL SAMPLES COLLECTED  3790  3042 