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30 November 2006
Vol. 19 - No. 48Contents
CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER IN CROATIA
Follow-up report No. 6See also: 7 December 2006, 23 November 2006, 2 November 2006, 21 September 2006, 14 September 2006, 7 September 2006, 20 July 2006
Information received on 23 November 2006 from Dr Mate Brstilo, Director of the Veterinary Administration, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Zagreb:
End of previous report period: 15 November 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [47], 816, dated 23 November 2006).
End of this report period: 23 November 2006.
Identification of agent: classical swine fever virus.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 19 July 2006.
Date of start of the event: 17 July 2006.
Clinical disease: yes.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, post-mortem and laboratory.
New outbreak:
First administrative division (county) 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 outbreak susceptible cases deaths destroyed slaugh-tered Karlovacka Karlovac farm Turanj 17 Nov. 2006 sui 32 26 2 30 0 Description of affected population: pigs in a small family-run farm.
Diagnosis:
Laboratory where diagnostic tests were performed Species examined Diagnostic test used Date Result Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb sui ELISA(1) 20 Nov. 2006 positive Source of outbreak or origin of infection: fomites (humans, vehicles, feed, etc.).
Control measures undertaken:
- stamping out;
- quarantine;
- movement control inside the country;
- screening;
- zoning;
- disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s).
Treatment of affected animals: no.
Vaccination prohibited: yes.
Final report: no.
(1) ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
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* *EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANAEMIA IN THE UNITED KINGDOM/NORTHERN IRELAND
Follow-up report No. 7See also: 28 December 2006, 21 December 2006, 14 December 2006, 7 December 2006, 23 November 2006, 16 November 2006, 9 November 2006, 2 November 2006, 26 October 2006, 5 October 2006, 7 September 2006
Information received on 24 November 2006 from Dr Debby Reynolds, Director General for Animal Health and Welfare, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), London:
End of previous report period: 17 November 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [47], 823, dated 23 November 2006).
End of this report period: 24 November 2006.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 1 September 2006.
Date of start of the event: 25 August 2006.
No new outbreaks have been reported since the last follow-up report.
Final report: no.
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* *NEWCASTLE DISEASE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM/GREAT BRITAIN
Follow-up report No. 6 (final report)See also: 23 November 2006, 16 November 2006, 9 November 2006, 2 November 2006, 26 October 2006, 19 October 2006, 26 January 2006, 26 August 2005, 19 August 2005, 12 August 2005, 29 July 2005, 22 July 2005
Information received on 24 November 2006 from Dr Debby Reynolds, Director General for Animal Health and Welfare, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), London:
End of previous report period: 17 November 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [47], 822, dated 23 November 2006).
End of this report period: 24 November 2006.
Identification of agent: avian paramyxovirus type 1 (APMV1), lineage 4b.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 13 October 2006.
Date of start of the event: 21 September 2006.
There have been no new outbreaks since the last report. The event is considered to have ended on 17 November 2006.
Final report: yes.
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* *CONTAGIOUS EQUINE METRITIS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM/GREAT BRITAIN
Follow-up report No. 1See also: 21 December 2006, 14 December 2006, 7 December 2006, 23 November 2006, 14 September 2006, 27 April 2006
Information received on 24 November 2006 from Dr Debby Reynolds, Director General for Animal Health and Welfare, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), London:
End of previous report period: 20 November 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [47], 826, dated 23 November 2006).
End of this report period: 24 November 2006.
Identification of agent: Streptomycin-resistant Taylorella equigenitalis.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 17 November 2006.
Date of start of the event: 17 November 2006.
No new outbreaks have been reported since the last follow-up report.
Final report: no.
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* *NEWCASTLE DISEASE IN LATVIA
(Disease never reported before in Latvia).
Immediate notification report
Information received on 24 November 2006 from Dr Vinets Veldre, Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Riga:
Report date: 24 November 2006.
Reason for immediate notification: first occurrence of a listed disease or infection in a country or zone/compartment.
Identification of agent: avian paramyxovirus type 1 (APMV1), lineage 4.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 17 November 2006.
Date of start of the event: 27 September 2006.
Clinical disease: no.
Nature of diagnosis: laboratory.
Details of outbreaks:
First administrative division (district) 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 Valmiera NA* Valmiera 27 Sept. 2006 fau 3 3 3 0 0 Valka NA Blome 2 Oct. 2006 fau 2 2 2 0 0 Valka NA Strenci 2 Oct. 2006 fau 3 3 3 0 0 Valmiera NA Valmiera 2 Oct. 2006 fau 1 1 1 0 0 * NA: not applicable
Description of affected population: wild pigeons found dead and sent for testing within the framework of the avian influenza passive surveillance programme.
Diagnosis:
Laboratory where diagnostic tests were performed Species examined Diagnostic test used Date Result VLA-Weybridge, United Kingdom (OIE Reference Laboratory) fau virus isolation 17 Nov. 2006 positive Source of outbreaks or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive.
Treatment of affected animals: no.
Vaccination prohibited: no.
Other details/comments: No further notifications of increased mortality among wild pigeons have been received nor has any suspicion been reported from poultry establishments, including backyards.
Final report: no.
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* *AMERICAN FOULBROOD OF HONEY BEES IN BRAZIL
See also: 14 December 2006
(Disease never reported before in Brazil).
Immediate notification report
Translation of information received on 24 November 2006 from Dr Jamil Gomes de Souza, Director, Department of Animal Health (DDA), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, Brasilia:
Report date: 24 November 2006.
Reason for immediate notification: first occurrence of a listed disease or infection in a country or zone/compartment.
Identification of agent: Paenibacillus larvae.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 23 November 2006.
Date of start of the event: 23 October 2006.
Clinical disease: yes.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.
Details of outbreak:
First administrative division (State) Type of epide-miolo-gical unit Name of the location Date of start of the outbreak Spe-cies Number of hives in the outbreak susceptible cases deaths destroyed slaugh-tered Paraná apiary Quatro Barras 23 Oct. 2006 api 33 24 0 0 0 Description of affected population: production apiary.
Diagnosis:
Laboratory where diagnostic tests were performed Species examined Diagnostic tests used Date Results LANAGRO/RS (National Agricultural Laboratory/Rio Grande do Sul) api pathogen isolation on culture 23 Nov. 2006 positive Source of outbreak or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive.
Control measures
A. Undertaken:
- quarantine since the date when the suspicion of the disease was notified;
- movement control inside the country (hives and at-risk products);
- zoning (10-km radius surveillance zone around the outbreak).
B. To be undertaken:
- stamping out;
- screening;
- disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s).
Treatment of affected animals: no.
Final report: no.
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* *HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN KOREA (REP. OF ~)
See also: 28 December 2006
(Date of previous outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Republic of Korea reported to the OIE: 2004).
Immediate notification report
Information received on 23 and 26 November 2006 from Dr Chang-Seob Kim, Chief Veterinary Officer, Animal Health Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), Gwacheon:
Report date: 26 November 2006.
Reason for immediate notification: re-occurrence of a listed disease or infection in a country or zone/compartment following a report declaring the outbreak(s) ended.
Identification of agent: highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N1.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 22 November 2006.
Clinical disease: yes.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, post-mortem and laboratory.
Details of outbreak:
First administrative division (province) Type of epide-miolo-gical unit Name of the location (city) Date of start of the outbreak Spe-cies Number of animals in the outbreak susceptible cases deaths destroyed slaugh-tered Jeollabuk-do farm Iksan … avi 13,300 6,500 6,500 6,800 0 Description of affected population: a parent stock farm for broiler chickens (45 weeks old).
Diagnosis:
Laboratory where diagnostic tests were performed Species examined Diagnostic tests used Date Results National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, Anyang, Kyonggi avi PCR(1) 22 Nov. 2006 positive for H5 haemagglutination inhibition test 23 Nov. 2006 positive for H5 neuraminidase inhibition test 24 Nov. 2006 positive for N1 sequence analysis 25 Nov. 2006 amino acid sequence at cleavage site reveals a HPAI profile cytopathic effect on cell culture 26 Nov. 2006 positive Source of outbreak or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive.
Control measures
A. Undertaken:
- control of wildlife reservoirs;
- stamping out (all poultry in the affected farm);
- quarantine (removal of feed, manure and egg plates from the farms within a 3-km-radius zone around the outbreak is prohibited);
- movement control inside the country (a 10-km-radius zone around the infected holding);
- screening;
- zoning;
- burial of dead and destroyed poultry as well as of feed, manure and egg plates in the affected farm;
- disinfection and surveillance intensified in the poultry holdings.
B. To be undertaken:
- stamping out (all poultry within a 0.5-km-radius zone around the outbreak).
Vaccination prohibited: yes.
Final report: no.
(1) PCR: polymerase chain reaction
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* *BLUETONGUE IN ISRAEL
(Date of previous outbreak of bluetongue in Israel reported to the OIE: September 2003).
Immediate notification report
Information received on 27 November 2006 from Dr Moshe Chaimovitz, Director of Veterinary and Animal Health Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Beit-Dagan:
Report date: 26 November 2006.
Reason for immediate notification: re-occurrence of a listed disease or infection in a country or zone/compartment following a report declaring the outbreak(s) ended.
Identification of agent: bluetongue virus.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 16 November 2006.
Date of start of the event: 13 November 2006.
Clinical disease: yes.
Nature of diagnosis: suspicion, clinical, post-mortem and laboratory.
Details of outbreak:
First administrative division (province) Lower administrative division (district) 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 Hadarom Ashkelon village Yakhini 13 Nov. 2006 ovi 400 35 25 0 0 Description of affected population: Assaf sheep (local breed). The flock has not been vaccinated against bluetongue virus. Sheep showed classical clinical signs and lesions of the disease.
Diagnosis:
Laboratory where diagnostic tests were performed Species examined Diagnostic tests used Date Results Viral diagnosis laboratory, Kimron Veterinary Institute unknown species entomological investigations pending ovi virus isolation pending ovi antibody detection ELISA(1) 16 Nov. 2006 high antibody titres against bluetongue virus Source of outbreak or origin of infection: airborne spread.
Control measures undertaken:
- control of arthropods;
- vaccination;
- dipping/spraying.
Vaccination prohibited: no.
Final report: no.
(1) ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
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* *NEWCASTLE DISEASE IN TURKEY
Follow-up report No. 2See also: 14 December 2006, 9 November 2006, 21 September 2006, 27 July 2006, 11 May 2006, 9 March 2006, 9 February 2006, 30 December 2005, 9 December 2005, 9 December 2005, 11 November 2005
Information received on 28 November 2006 from Dr Hüseyin Sungur, Director General, General Directorate of Protection and Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ankara:
End of previous report period: 8 November 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [45], 782, dated 9 November 2006).
End of this report period: 28 November 2006.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 19 September 2006.
Date of start of the event: 7 August 2006.
Clinical disease: yes.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.
New outbreak:
First administrative division (province) Lower administrative division (district) 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 Kutahya Merkez village Karaagac 25 Oct. 2006 avi 49 36 36 0 0 Diagnosis:
Laboratory where diagnostic tests were performed Species examined Diagnostic tests used Date Result Bornova Veterinary Control and Research Institute avi haemagglutination inhibition test 13 Nov. 2006 positive Source of outbreak or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive.
Control measures undertaken:
- quarantine;
- movement control inside the country;
- screening;
- zoning;
- disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s).
Treatment of affected animals: no.
Vaccination prohibited: no.
Other details/comments: the outbreak in Kolyol (Malatya province) (see Disease Information, 19 [38], 676, dated 21 September 2006) was considered ended on 20 September 2006 and the outbreak in Ankara (Ankara province) (see Disease Information, 19 [45], 782, dated 9 November 2006) was considered ended on 23 November 2006.
Final report: no.
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* *NEWCASTLE DISEASE IN BULGARIA
Follow-up report No. 3See also: 14 December 2006, 27 July 2006, 27 April 2006, 26 January 2006, 26 August 2005
Information received on 28 November 2006 from Dr Nikola T. Belev, Delegate of Bulgaria to the OIE:
End of previous report period: 27 July 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [30], 564, dated 27 July 2006).
End of this report period: 28 November 2006.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 17 January 2006.
Date of start of the event: 15 January 2006.
Clinical disease: yes.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, post-mortem and laboratory.
New outbreak:
First administrative division (district) 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 slaughtered Dobric village Vodnyantsi 20 Nov. 2006 avi 434 75 75 359 0 Description of affected population: backyard domestic poultry.
Diagnosis:
Laboratory where diagnostic tests were performed Species examined Diagnostic test used Date Results National Reference Laboratory for Newcastle disease avi pathogen isolation by egg inoculation 28 Nov. 2006 positive Source of outbreak: unknown or inconclusive.
Control measures undertaken:
- stamping out;
- quarantine;
- movement control inside the country;
- screening;
- zoning;
- disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s);
- dipping/spraying.
Treatment of affected animals: no.
Vaccination prohibited: no.
Final report: no.
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* *BLUETONGUE IN TUNISIA
(Date of previous outbreak of bluetongue in Tunisia reported to the OIE: 2002).
Immediate notification report
Translation of information received on 28 November 2006 from Prof. Malek Zrelli, Director General of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Water Resources, Tunis:
Report date: 28 November 2006.
Reason for immediate notification: first occurrence of a new strain of a pathogen associated with a listed disease in a country or zone/compartment.
Identification of agent: bluetongue virus serotype 1.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 27 November 2006.
Date of start of the event: 23 October 2006.
Clinical disease: yes.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.
Details of outbreaks:
First administrative division (governorate) Lower administrative division (imada) 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 Sidi Bouzid Touila farm Nsayria 23 Oct. 2006 ovi 45 5 4 0 0 Sidi Bouzid Om Ladham farm Bir Bey 23 Oct. 2006 ovi 30 1 0 0 0 Description of affected population: sheep aged 2-5 years.
Diagnosis:
Laboratory where diagnostic tests were performed Species examined Diagnostic tests used Date Results National Veterinary Research Institute ovi PCR(1) 27 Nov. 2006 positive Source of outbreaks or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive.
Control measures undertaken:
- control of arthropods;
- screening;
- disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s).
Treatment of affected animals: yes (symptomatic treatment).
Vaccination prohibited: no.
Final report: no.
(1) PCR: polymerase chain reaction
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* *BLUETONGUE IN ITALY
Follow-up report No. 2See also: 28 December 2006, 21 December 2006, 7 December 2006, 23 November 2006, 9 November 2006
Information received on 29 November 2006 from Dr Romano Marabelli, Head of the Department for Veterinary Public Health, Nutrition and Food Safety, Ministry of Public Health, Rome:
End of previous report period: 22 November 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [47], 830, dated 23 November 2006).
End of this report period: 29 November 2006.
Identification of agent: bluetongue virus serotype 1.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 30 October 2006.
Date of start of the event: 15 October 2006.
Clinical disease: yes.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.
New outbreaks:
First administrative division (province) Lower administrative division (district) 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 Sardegna Cagliari farm Calasetta 21 Nov. 2006 ovi 500 12 3 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Camboni 15 Nov. 2006 ovi 140 1 1 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Cannai 15 Nov. 2006 ovi 180 8 2 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Cannai 15 Nov. 2006 ovi 460 3 2 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Carbonaxis 15 Nov. 2006 ovi 120 7 3 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Coa Cuaddus 16 Nov. 2006 ovi 575 5 1 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Corti Eranu 31 Oct. 2006 ovi 300 3 3 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Feraxi 17 Nov. 2006 cap 420 0 0 0 0 ovi 740 2 1 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Funtana Basciu 20 Nov. 2006 cap 280 1 1 0 0 ovi 130 0 0 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Is Carrillus 14 Nov. 2006 ovi 280 6 3 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Is Grazias 16 Nov. 2006 ovi 380 7 4 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Is Grazias 22 Nov. 2006 ovi 673 6 1 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Is Lais 22 Nov. 2006 ovi 350 5 2 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Is Mais 16 Nov. 2006 cap 15 0 0 0 0 ovi 380 5 1 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Is Meconis 15 Nov. 2006 ovi 448 1 1 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Is Peis 21 Nov. 2006 ovi 500 8 3 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Is Seis 20 Nov. 2006 cap 65 0 0 0 0 ovi 212 5 1 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Marco Pinna 21 Nov. 2006 ovi 575 6 2 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Medadeddu 21 Nov. 2006 ovi 120 4 2 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Mont'arrubiu 14 Nov. 2006 ovi 188 15 4 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Otilla 21 Nov. 2006 ovi 680 10 9 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Perdusarigu 7 Nov. 2006 ovi 53 10 4 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Sa Pira 6 Nov. 2006 ovi 500 16 10 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Sa Stoia 16 Nov. 2006 ovi 350 10 5 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Sa Stoia 16 Nov. 2006 ovi 52 10 1 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Sa Tanca 21 Nov. 2006 ovi 210 5 2 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm S'Acqua e su Cardu 15 Nov. 2006 ovi 65 4 1 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm S'Acqua Sassa 6 Nov. 2006 ovi 120 2 0 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm San Giovanni Suergiu 15 Nov. 2006 ovi 120 6 2 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Santa Barbara - Solanas 14 Nov. 2006 ovi 353 8 3 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Su Baracconi 21 Nov. 2006 ovi 220 5 2 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Su Cuccureddu 16 Nov. 2006 ovi 55 3 1 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Su Pranu 16 Nov. 2006 ovi 300 7 2 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Teulada 8 Nov. 2006 ovi 30 2 1 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Tratalias 22 Nov. 2006 ovi 250 5 2 0 0 Sardegna Cagliari farm Villarios Vecchio 15 Nov. 2006 ovi 133 2 1 0 0 Diagnosis:
Laboratory where diagnostic tests were performed Species examined Diagnostic tests used Dates Results Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale, Teramo ovi - antigen detection ELISA(1)
- real-time RT-PCR(2)
- serum neutralisation
- 30 Oct. 2006
- 3 Nov. 2006
- 3 Nov. 2006
positive Source of outbreaks or origin of infection: vectors.
Control measures undertaken:
- movement control inside the country;
- screening.
Treatment of affected animals: no.
Vaccination prohibited: no.
Final report: no.
(1) ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
(2) RT-PCR: reverse transcriptase - polymerase chain reaction
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