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31 August 2006
Vol. 19 - No. 35Contents
HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN VIETNAM
Follow-up report No. 18 (covering the period from 24 February 2006 to 29 August 2006)See also: 21 December 2006, 21 September 2006, 23 February 2006, 26 January 2006, 26 January 2006, 2 December 2005
Information received on 25 and 30 August 2006 from Dr Bui Quang Anh, Director, Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hanoi:
End of previous report period: 23 February 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [8], 142, dated 23 February 2006).
End of this report period: 30 August 2006.
Identification of agent: highly pathogenic avian influenza virus type H5N1.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 6 January 2004.
Clinical disease: yes.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.
New outbreaks:
First administrative division Lower administrative division Type of epide-miolo-gical unit Name of the location Date of start of the outbreak Spe-cies Number of animals in the outbreaks* susceptible cases deaths destroyed slaugh-tered Ben Tre Thanh Phu village Tan Hung 6 August 2006 avi 50 2 0 50 0 Ben Tre Thanh Phu village Tan Hung 15 August 2006 avi 66 8 0 66 0 * outbreaks of infection
Affected population: unvaccinated duck flocks. The virus was identified in samples randomly collected from the field during routine surveillance, but no clinical signs were observed.
Diagnosis:
Laboratory where diagnostic tests were performed Species examined Diagnostic tests used Dates Results Regional Animal Health Centre, Ho Chi Minh City avi - real-time RT-PCR(1)
- virus isolation
12 and 25 August 2006 positive Treatment of affected animals: no
Vaccination prohibited: no
Final report: no
(1) real-time RT-PCR: real-time reverse transcriptase - polymerase chain reaction
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* *BLUETONGUE IN GERMANY
Follow-up report No. 2See also: 7 September 2006, 24 August 2006, 24 August 2006
Information received on 28 and 29 August 2006 from Prof. Dr. Werner Zwingmann, Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture, Bonn:
End of previous report period: 23 August 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [34], 620, dated 24 August 2006).
End of this report period: 29 August 2006.
Identification of agent: bluetongue virus.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 21 August 2006.
Date of start of the event: 21 August 2006.
Clinical disease: yes.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.
New outbreaks:
First administrative division Lower administrative division Type of epide-miolo-gical unit Latitude Longitude Spe-cies Number of animals in the outbreaks susceptible cases deaths destroyed slaugh-tered North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen farm 50º45'34"N 6º3'18"E bov 56 6 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen (Bildchen) farm 50º43'33"N 6º5'20"E bov 91 2 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen (Eschweiler) farm 50º46'54"N 6º16'11"E bov 78 4 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen (Monschau) farm 50º34'23"N 6º13'28"E bov 152 3 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen (Monschau) farm 50º33'34"N 6º14'42"E bov 42 2 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen (Monschau) farm 50º32'37"N 6º11'5"E bov 173 5 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen (Sief) farm 50º41'39"N 6º9'4"E bov 215 2 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen (Sief) farm 50º41'58"N 6º8'0"E bov 192 2 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen (Simmerath) farm 50º38'3"N 6º16'5"E ovi 1 1 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen (Soers) farm 50º48'35"N 6º5'34"E bov 137 1 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen (Soers) farm 50º48'34"N 6º5'32"E bov 59 1 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen (Stolberg) farm 50º45'51"N 6º12'13"E bov 125 9 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen (Stolberg) farm 50º44'13"N 6º12'30"E bov 540 2 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen (Stolberg) farm 50º45'43"N 6º16'41"E bov 11 1 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen (Stolberg) farm 50º45'9"N 6º16'14"E bov 177 4 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen (Stolberg) farm 50º47'11"N 6º14'52"E bov 65 9 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Düren (Aldenhoven) farm 50º52'17"N 6º16'4"E bov 115 8 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Düren (Birgel) farm 50º46'26"N 6º26'37"E bov 27 16 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Düren (Echz) farm 50º49'35"N 6º24'53"E bov 37 2 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Düren (Hürtgenwald) farm 50º43'22"N 6º22'13"E bov 165 5 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Düren (Kleinhau) farm 50º44'10"N 6º23'49"E bov 10 7 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Düren (Kleinhau) farm 50º43'42"N 6º21'55"E bov 11 5 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Düren (Nideggen) farm 50º41'9"N 6º29'6"E bov 32 3 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Düren (Nideggen) farm 50º40'53"N 6º30'57"E bov 61 1 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Düren (Nörvenich) farm 50º49'6"N 6º36'21"E bov 103 2 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Düren (Raffelsbrand) farm 50º41'17"N 6º19'23"E bov 188 10 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Düren (Schmidt) farm 50º40'0"N 6º25'20"E bov 72 4 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Euskirchen (Blankenheim) farm 50º27'12"N 6º44'8"E bov 81 1 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Euskirchen (Hellenthal) farm 50º26'1"N 6º26'1"E bov 122 1 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Euskirchen (Hellenthal) farm 50º27'58"N 6º29'6"E bov 20 1 0 … … North Rhine-Westphalia Heinsberg farm 51º0'56"N 6º10'42"E ovi 17 1 … … … Affected populations: breeding cattle and breeding sheep.
Diagnosis:
Laboratory where diagnostic tests were performed Species examined Diagnostic test used Dates Results Friedrich-Loeffler Institute, Insel Riems bov/ovi cELISA(1) 21 and 29 August 2006 positive Source of new outbreaks: unknown or inconclusive.
Control measures
A. Undertaken:
- movement control inside the country;
- screening;
- zoning.
B. To be undertaken:
- control of arthropods;
- dipping/spraying.
Treatment of affected animals: no.
Vaccination prohibited: yes.
Final report: no.
(1) cELISA: competitive ELISA
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* *BLUETONGUE IN THE NETHERLANDS
Follow-up report No. 1See also: 21 September 2006, 24 August 2006
Information received on 28 August 2006 from Dr Peter W. de Leeuw, Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries, The Hague:
End of previous report period: 18 August 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [34], 612, dated 24 August 2006).
End of this report period: 28 August 2006.
Identification of agent: bluetongue virus serotype 8.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 17 August 2006.
Date of start of the event: 14 August 2006.
Clinical disease: yes.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.
New outbreaks:
First administrative division (province) Type of epide-miolo-gical unit Name of the location Latitude Longitude Date of start of the outbreak Spe-cies Number of animals in the outbreaks susceptible cases deaths destroyed slaugh-tered Limburg farm Beutenaken 50º46'58"N 5º51'29"E 24 August 2006 ovi 4 1 0 0 0 Limburg farm Bocholtz 50º49'48"N 6º01'26"E 20 August 2006 bov 312 1 0 0 0 Limburg farm Cadier en Keer 50º47'22"N 5º45'46"E 20 August 2006 bov 22 2 0 0 0 Limburg farm Eijsden 50º46'51"N 5º43'11"E 25 August 2006 ovi 58 1 0 0 0 Limburg farm Elsloo 50º56'29"N 5º46'02"E 24 August 2006 ovi 38 1 0 0 0 Limburg farm Epen 50º46'16"N 5º53'04"E 19 August 2006 ovi 1,231 10 0 0 0 Limburg farm Gronsveld 50º47'53"N 5º44'13"E 20 August 2006 ovi 22 9 0 0 0 Limburg farm Gulpen 50º47'25"N 5º52'56"E 23 August 2006 bov 95 28 0 0 0 Limburg farm Heerlen 50º52'13"N 5º58'10"E 19 August 2006 ovi 64 8 0 0 0 Limburg farm Heerlen 50º55'21"N 5º58'48"E 20 August 2006 ovi 406 8 0 0 0 Limburg farm Kerkrade 50º52’59”N 06°03’52”E 17 August 2006 ovi 88 2 0 0 0 Limburg farm Lemiers 50º48'37"N 5º53'34"E 24 August 2006 ovi 13 4 0 0 0 Limburg farm Margraten 50º49'15"N 5º49'01"E 20 August 2006 o/c 28 2 0 0 0 Limburg farm Mechelen 50º47'52"N 5º55'59"E 25 August 2006 bov 53 24 0 0 0 Limburg farm Nuth 50º55'12"N 5º51'47"E 19 August 2006 ovi 28 1 0 0 0 Limburg farm Nuth 50º54'56"N 5º51'11"E 19 August 2006 ovi 29 3 0 0 0 Limburg farm Reijmerstok 50º47'38"N 5º50'10"E 20 August 2006 bov 27 2 0 0 0 Limburg farm Schimmert 50º53'05"N 5º48'49"E 23 August 2006 bov 312 5 0 0 0 Limburg farm Schin op Geul 50º49'46"N 5º51'14"E 20 August 2006 ovi 157 7 0 0 0 Limburg farm Schin op Geul 50º51'07"N 5º51'42"E 25 August 2006 ovi 9 1 0 0 0 Limburg farm Simpelveld 50º50'59"N 5º58'34"E 20 August 2006 ovi 174 5 0 0 0 Limburg farm Sint Geertruiden 50º47'22"N 5º46'16"E 20 August 2006 bov 49 2 0 0 0 Limburg farm Sint Geertruiden 50º47'20"N 5º46'12"E 24 August 2006 ovi 9 1 0 0 0 Limburg farm Valkenburg 50º50'35"N 5º49'13"E 24 August 2006 ovi 54 … 0 0 0 bov 22 … 0 0 0 Limburg farm Valkenburg 50º49'36"N 5º49'36"E 24 August 2006 ovi 253 8 0 0 0 Limburg farm Vijlen 50º46'54"N 5º57'20"E 20 August 2006 ovi 43 1 0 0 0 Limburg farm Vijlen 50º48'38"N 5º53'34''E 24 August 2006 ovi 29 3 0 0 0 Limburg farm Wijlre 50º49'52"N 5º53'01"E 20 August 2006 ovi 24 … 0 0 0 bov 8 … 0 0 0 Diagnosis:
Laboratories where diagnostic tests were performed Species examined Diagnostic tests used Dates Results Central Institute for Animal Disease Control (CIDC - Lelystad) (National Reference Laboratory) ovi PCR(1) 16 August 2006 positive ELISA(2) 19 August 2006 3/7 positive Pirbright Laboratory (United Kingdom) (OIE Reference Laboratory for bluetongue) ovi PCR 17 August 2006 positive Source of outbreaks or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive.
Control measures
A. Undertaken:
- control of arthropods;
- movement control inside the country;
- zoning.
B. To be undertaken:
- screening.
Treatment of affected animals: yes (local antibiotic treatment).
Vaccination prohibited: yes.
Other details/comments: the cases have been found during extensive clinical and epidemiological investigations started within a 20-km zone after confirmation of the results of the Dutch reference laboratory for the first outbreak.
Final report: no.
(1) PCR: polymerase chain reaction
(2) ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
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* *LOW PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN POULTRY IN THE NETHERLANDS
Follow-up report No. 3 (final report)See also: 16 November 2006, 17 August 2006, 10 August 2006, 3 August 2006
Information received on 28 August 2006 from Dr Peter W. de Leeuw, Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries, The Hague:
End of previous report period: 11 August 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [33], 600, dated 17 August 2006).
End of this report period: 28 August 2006.
Identification of agent: low pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H7N7*.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 1 August 2006.
Date of start of the event: 28 July 2006.
The neighbouring flock of broiler parent chickens (belonging to the same owner as the infected farm), where only serological evidence of infection was found, was tested on 9 August 2006 for a third time with negative results. The owner slaughtered the flock at the end of the same week. The remaining eggs have been delivered to an industrial processing plant. The competent authority is supervising the cleaning and disinfection of the farm and storage and further use of the chicken litter.
Based on the above-mentioned favourable results, the Netherlands lifted all measures on 24 August 2006 at 00.00 hours.
Final report: yes.
* Note by the OIE Animal Health Information Department: H5 and H7 avian influenza in its low pathogenic form in poultry is a notifiable disease as per Chapter 2.7.12. on avian influenza of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code:
http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mcode/en_chapitre_2.7.12.htm
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* *VESICULAR STOMATITIS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Follow-up report No. 1See also: 28 December 2006, 7 December 2006, 23 November 2006, 16 November 2006, 2 November 2006, 26 October 2006, 19 October 2006, 12 October 2006, 5 October 2006, 28 September 2006, 21 September 2006, 14 September 2006, 7 September 2006, 24 August 2006, 13 April 2006, 16 February 2006, 26 January 2006, 12 January 2006, 23 December 2005, 9 December 2005, 18 November 2005, 4 November 2005, 28 October 2005, 21 October 2005, 14 October 2005, 7 October 2005, 30 September 2005, 23 September 2005, 16 September 2005, 2 September 2005, 26 August 2005, 19 August 2005, 5 August 2005, 29 July 2005, 15 July 2005, 8 July 2005
Information received on 28 August 2006 from Dr Ron DeHaven, Associate Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Washington, DC:
End of previous report period: 18 August 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [34], 614, dated 24 August 2006).
End of this report period: 28 August 2006.
Identification of agent: vesicular stomatitis virus type New Jersey.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 17 August 2006.
Date of start of the event: 13 August 2006.
Clinical disease: yes.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.
New outbreaks:
First administrative division (State) Lower administrative division (County) Type of epide-miolo-gical unit Name of the location Date of start of the outbreak Spe-cies Number of animals in the outbreak susceptible cases deaths destroyed slaugh-tered Wyoming Natrona farm Natrona 15 August 2006 equ 13* 2 0 0 0 Wyoming Natrona farm Natrona 20 August 2006 equ 3* 2 0 0 0 Wyoming Converse farm Converse 21 August 2006 equ 199** 2 0 0 0 * recreational horses
** breeding horses
Diagnosis:
Laboratory where diagnostic tests were performed Species examined Diagnostic tests used Dates Results National Veterinary Services Laboratories equ - virus isolation in cell culture
- complement fixation test
23-25 August 2006 positive Source of outbreaks or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive (vectors?).
Control measures undertaken:
- quarantine;
- control of arthropods.
Treatment of affected animals: no.
Vaccination prohibited: yes.
Final report: no.
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* *HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN WILDLIFE IN SPAIN
Follow-up report No. 1 (final report)See also: 13 July 2006
Translation of information received on 29 August 2006 from Dr Lucio Ignacio Carbajo Goñi, Deputy Director General of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Madrid:
End of previous report period: 7 July 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [28], 525, dated 13 July 2006).
End of this report period: 29 August 2006.
Identification of agent: highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N1.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 7 July 2006.
Date of start of the event: 30 June 2006.
There have been no new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza since the outbreak reported in the immediate notification report on 7 July 2006.
Final report: yes.
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* *KOI HERPESVIRUS DISEASE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM/GREAT BRITAIN
(Disease never reported before in the United Kingdom/Great Britain).
Immediate notification report
Information received on 30 August 2006 from Dr Debby Reynolds, Director General for Animal Health and Welfare, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), London:
Report date: 30 August 2006.
Reason for immediate notification: emerging disease or pathogenic agent with findings that are of epidemiological significance to other countries.
Precise identification of agent: koi herpesvirus (cyprinid herpesvirus 3).
Host species: Cyprinus carpio (common carp).
Date of first confirmation of the event: 16 June 2006.
Date of start of the event: 2 June 2006.
Clinical disease: yes.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.
Details of occurrence:
First administra-tive division Lower administrative division Type of epide-miolo-gical unit Name of the location Date of start of the occurrence Spe-cies Number of animals in the occurrences suscep-tible cases deaths destroyed slaugh-tered England Bedfordshire lake Sandy 19 June 2006 pis … … 1,600 0 0 England Cambridgeshire lake Upwell 21 June 2006 pis … … 460 0 0 England Cheshire lake Acton Bridge 18 August 2006 pis … … 50 0 0 England Cornwall lake Penvose 22 July 2006 pis … … 105 0 0 England Devon lake Winkleigh 27 July 2006 pis … … 500 0 0 England Gloucestershire lake Twyning 18 July 2006 pis … … 350 0 0 England Humberside lake Burton-upon-Stather 12 July 2006 pis … … 100 0 0 England Northamptonshire lake Wellingborough 5 July 2006 pis … … 120 0 0 England Shropshire lake Craven Arms 16 July 2006 pis … … … 0 0 England Somerset lake Somerton 31 July 2006 pis … … 800 0 0 England Staffordshire lake Cheadle 12 July 2006 pis … … 1,000 0 0 England Staffordshire lake Eccleshall 23 August 2006 pis … … 500 0 0 England Suffolk lake Haverhill 4 July 2006 pis … … 50 0 0 England Surrey lake Cranleigh 7 July 2006 pis … … 225 0 0 England Surrey lake Godstone 23 August 2006 pis … … 55 0 0 England Wiltshire lake Downton 2 June 2006 pis … … 1,000 0 0 England Worcestershire lake Malvern 25 May 2006 pis … … 56 0 0 Description of affected population: wild fish in fresh water.
Diagnosis:
Laboratory where diagnosis was made Species examined No. of animals examined Diagnostic tests used Date Results Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), national reference laboratory, Weymouth pis 15 - single round PCR(1)
- gene sequencing
16 June 2006 positive Source of occurrences or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive.
Control measures undertaken:
- tracing back;
- within-country movement controls.
Treatment of infected animals: no.
Other details/comments:
- Rapid onset of mortalities of common carp in lakes managed as coarse fisheries across England. In all cases only common carp appear to be affected and dying.
- Other species of fish are unaffected.
Final report: no.
Note by the OIE's Animal Health Information Department: the inclusion of Koi herpesvirus disease in the OIE-List of diseases was approved by the International Committee in May 2006. The inclusion of newly approved diseases in the OIE List, as part of the OIE's Animal Health Information System, will come into effect in January 2007.
(1) PCR: polymerase chain reaction
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* *NEWCASTLE DISEASE IN BRAZIL
Follow-up report No. 6See also: 16 November 2006, 9 November 2006, 2 November 2006, 21 September 2006, 17 August 2006, 10 August 2006, 3 August 2006, 20 July 2006, 13 July 2006, 6 July 2006
Translation of information received on 30 August 2006 from Dr Jamil Gomes de Souza, Director, Department of Animal Health (DDA), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, Brasilia:
End of previous report period: 11 August 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [33], 601, dated 17 August 2006).
End of this report period: 30 August 2006.
Identification of agent: avian paramyxovirus type 1 (APMV-1).
Date of first confirmation of the event: 4 July 2006.
Date of start of the event: 2 May 2006.
Following the actions undertaken within the framework of the epidemiological investigation into the outbreak of Newcastle disease reported in the municipality of Vale Real, State of Rio Grande do Sul, the following measures have been implemented in the protection and surveillance zones:
In accordance with the "National Active Surveillance Plan for avian influenza and Newcastle disease", after the completion of disinfection operations in the affected establishment, 50 14-day-old SPF (specific pathogen free) birds were placed in the establishment on 28 July 2006. Serum samples, swabs and organs were collected by the official Veterinary Services on 28 July, and 4, 11 and 18 August for serological and virological testing to evaluate the effectiveness of the disease eradication activities before any restocking of the premises. On 24 August 2006, the National Agricultural Laboratory in San Paulo (LANAGRO/SP) informed the animal health department that the results of the serological tests were negative. The virological tests are still in progress.
To date, the epidemiological investigation conducted in commercial poultry establishments and subsistence farms situated within the protection and surveillance zones has found no clinical signs of Newcastle disease.
The laboratory tests on 238 swabs from 79 properties situated in the protection and surveillance zones resulted in the isolation of a non-pathogenic Newcastle disease virus in one sample. The isolated virus was found to have an intracerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI) of 0.38. According to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the virus is considered pathogenic if it has an ICPI of 0.7 or greater.
The animal health protection activities in the protection and surveillance zones will be maintained until the definitive results of the diagnostic tests are known.
Final report: no.
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* *BLUETONGUE IN FRANCE
See also: 23 November 2006, 26 October 2006, 14 September 2006
Immediate notification report
Translation of information received on 31 August 2006 from Dr Monique Eloit, Deputy Director General, General Directorate for Food (DGAL), Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural Affairs, Paris:
Report date: 31 August 2006.
Reason for immediate notification: first occurrence of a listed disease or infection in a zone/compartment.
Identification of agent: bluetongue virus. Serotyping in progress.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 30 August 2006.
Date of start of the event: 28 August 2006.
Clinical disease: yes.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.
Details of outbreak:
First administrative division Type of epide-miolo-gical unit Name of the location Date of start of the outbreak Spe-cies Number of animals in the outbreak susceptible cases deaths destroyed slaugh-tered Ardennes farm Brognon 28 August 2006 bov 96 1 0 0 0 Description of affected population: a herd of dairy cows. One 2-year-old cow showed moderate clinical signs (lameness).
Diagnosis:
Laboratories where diagnostic tests were performed Species examined Diagnostic tests used Dates Results French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD-EMVT), Montpellier, France bov ELISA(1) for detection of antibodies 30 August 2006 positive Study and Research Laboratory for Animal Pathology and Zoonoses (LERPAZ, AFSSA(2)), Maisons-Alfort, France bov PCR(3) 30 August 2006 positive Source of outbreak or origin of infection: vectors.
Control measures undertaken:
- movement control inside the country;
- screening;
- zoning;
- control of arthropods.
Treatment of affected animals: no.
Vaccination prohibited: no.
Final report: no.
(1) ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
(2) LERPAZ: Laboratoire d'études et de recherches en pathologie animale et zoonoses (Research Laboratory for Animal Diseases and Zoonoses). AFSSA: Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (French Agency for Food Safety)
(3) PCR: polymerase chain reaction
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