Disease Information

12 October 2006
Vol. 19 - No. 41

Contents

Bluetongue in Belgium: follow-up report No. 5

Scrapie in Denmark

Vesicular stomatitis in the United States of America: follow-up report No. 7

Newcastle disease in France

BLUETONGUE IN BELGIUM
Follow-up report No. 5

See also: 14 December 2006, 23 November 2006, 9 November 2006, 2 November 2006, 26 October 2006, 19 October 2006, 28 September 2006, 21 September 2006, 14 September 2006, 7 September 2006, 24 August 2006

Translation of information received on 6 October 2006 from Dr Luc Engelé, Chief Veterinary Officer, Federal State Service for Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Animal and Plant Health Policy Department, Brussels:

End of previous report period: 22 September 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [39], 683, dated 28 September 2006).

End of this report period: 6 October 2006.

Identification of agent: bluetongue virus serotype 8.

Date of first confirmation of the event: 18 August 2006.

Date of start of the event: 18 August 2006.

Clinical disease: yes.

Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.

New outbreaks:

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 outbreaks
					susceptible	cases	deaths	destroyed	slaugh-tered
Antwerpen	farm	Meerhout	26 Sept. 2006	ovi	30	1	0	0	0
Antwerpen	farm	Sint-Amands	27 Sept. 2006	bov	50	1	0	0	0
Brabant Wallon	farm	Orbais	25 Sept. 2006	bov	32	1	0	0	0
Brabant Wallon	farm	Saint Remy Geest	26 Sept. 2006	bov	50	1	0	0	0
Hainaut	farm	Nalinnes	26 Sept. 2006	bov	16	1	0	0	0
Liege	farm	Aubel	20 Sept. 2006	ovi	9	1	1	0	0
Liege	farm	Cerexhe-Heuseux	27 Sept. 2006	ovi	1	1	0	0	0
Liege	farm	Gemmenich	21 Sept. 2006	ovi	3	2	2	0	0
Liege	farm	Huccorgne	20 Sept. 2006	ovi	18	1	0	0	0
Liege	farm	Voroux Goreux	12 Sept. 2006	bov	101	1	0	0	0
Limburg	farm	Alken	25 Sept. 2006	ovi	2	2	0	0	0
Limburg	farm	Alken	25 Sept. 2006	bov	1	1	0	0	0
Limburg	farm	Gingelom	29 Sept. 2006	ovi	1	1	0	0	0
Limburg	farm	Hasselt	26 Sept. 2006	ovi	1	1	1	0	0
Limburg	farm	Herk de Stad	21 Sept. 2006	bov	6	6	1	0	0
Limburg	farm	Herk de Stad	29 Sept. 2006	ovi	1	1	0	0	0
Limburg	farm	Loksbergen	29 Sept. 2006	ovi	1	1	0	0	0
Limburg	farm	Lummen	24 Sept. 2006	ovi	7	1	1	0	0
Limburg	farm	Lummen	29 Sept. 2006	bov	1	1	0	0	0
Limburg	farm	Maasmechelen	25 Sept. 2006	ovi	1	1	0	0	0
Limburg	farm	Nieuwerkerken	20 Sept. 2006	ovi	1	1	0	0	0
Limburg	farm	Nieuwerkerken	26 Sept. 2006	ovi	1	0	0	0	0
Luxembourg	farm	Beuzet	26 Sept. 2006	ovi	10	1	0	0	0
Namur	farm	Beervelde	23 Sept. 2006	ovi	151	1	0	0	0
Namur	farm	Profondeville	21 Sept. 2006	ovi	5	1	0	0	0
Namur	farm	Sint Laureins	28 Sept. 2006	bov	53	1	0	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Adegem	25 Sept. 2006	ovi	2	1	0	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Afsnee	26 Sept. 2006	ovi	27	1	1	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Assenede	28 Sept. 2006	ovi	36	1	0	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Deinze	24 Sept. 2006	ovi	3	1	1	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Drongen	21 Sept. 2006	ovi	27	2	0	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Drongen	22 Sept. 2006	bov	29	1	0	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Drongen	25 Sept. 2006	ovi	7	1	0	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Drongen	26 Sept. 2006	ovi	69	2	1	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Evergem	23 Sept. 2006	bov	46	1	0	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Grammene	22 Sept. 2006	ovi	15	1	0	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Hamme	22 Sept. 2006	ovi	19	1	0	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Hansbeke	22 Sept. 2006	ovi	121	1	0	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Hansbeke	23 Sept. 2006	ovi	5	1	0	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Kruishoutem	23 Sept. 2006	bov	6	1	0	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Kruishoutem	27 Sept. 2006	ovi	26	1	1	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Nevele	27 Sept. 2006	ovi	4	2	2	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Poeke	25 Sept. 2006	ovi	5	1	0	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Sint-Martens-Latem	27 Sept. 2006	ovi	14	2	0	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Vinkt	25 Sept. 2006	ovi	6	1	1	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Waarschoot	26 Sept. 2006	ovi	245	1	1	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Watervliet	26 Sept. 2006	ovi	6	1	1	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Wondelgem	26 Sept. 2006	ovi	14	1	1	0	0
Oost-Vlaanderen	farm	Zomergem	24 Sept. 2006	bov	103	2	0	0	0
Vlaams Brabant	farm	Dormaal	22 Sept. 2006	ovi	1	1	0	0	0
Vlaams Brabant	farm	Glabbeek	26 Sept. 2006	ovi	1	1	0	0	0
Vlaams Brabant	farm	Kaggevinne	26 Sept. 2006	ovi	4	1	0	0	0
Vlaams Brabant	farm	Zemst	26 Sept. 2006	bov	49	1	0	0	0
West-Vlaanderen	farm	Wingene	26 Sept. 2006	ovi	21	1	0	0	0
West-Vlaanderen	farm	Zillebeke	25 Sept. 2006	ovi	10	2	2	0	0

Location of the outbreaks

Diagnosis:

Laboratory where diagnostic tests were performed	Species examined	Diagnostic tests used	Date	Results
Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (national laboratory)	bov/ovi	- ELISA(1) - RT-PCR(2)	29 September 2006	positive

Source of outbreaks or origin of infection: vectors.

Control measures undertaken:

- movement control inside the country;

- screening;

- zoning;

- control of arthropods;

- dipping/spraying.

Treatment of affected animals: no.

Vaccination prohibited: yes.

Final report: no.

(1) ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

(2) RT-PCR: reverse transcriptase - polymerase chain reaction

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SCRAPIE IN DENMARK

(Disease never reported before in Denmark).

Immediate notification report

Information received on 10 and 11 October 2006 from Dr Preben Willeberg, Chief Veterinary Officer, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Søborg:

Report date: 11 October 2006.

Reason for immediate notification: first occurrence of a listed disease or infection in a country.

Date of first confirmation of the event: 29 September 2006.

Date of start of the event: 20 September 2006.

Clinical disease: no.

Nature of diagnosis: laboratory.

Details of outbreak:

First 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
Viborg	farm	Kjellerup	20 September 2006	ovi	17	1	0	1	0

Location of the outbreak

Description of affected population: the affected animal was fallen stock and older than 10 years.

Diagnosis:

Laboratories where diagnostic tests were performed	Species examined	Diagnostic tests used	Dates	Results
Eurofins	ovi	rapid test	20 Sept. 2006	positive
Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research	ovi	Western blot	22 Sept. 2006	negative
VLA(1), Weybridge (United Kingdom)	ovi	Western blot	29 Sept. 2006	positive

Source of outbreak or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive.

Control measure undertaken: quarantine.

Treatment of affected animals: no.

Vaccination prohibited: no.

Other details/comments: the positive case of scrapie has been categorized as a case of the atypical form of scrapie. Atypical scrapie is - in contrast to classical scrapie - considered to be non-infectious or at least less infectious than classical scrapie for sheep. It is believed that atypical scrapie is a spontaneous, age-related disease. Scrapie is not infectious to humans. As a consequence of the finding, the index herd has been placed under official restrictions.

Final report: no.

(1) VLA: Veterinary Laboratory Agency

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VESICULAR STOMATITIS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Follow-up report No. 7

See also: 28 December 2006, 7 December 2006, 23 November 2006, 16 November 2006, 2 November 2006, 26 October 2006, 19 October 2006, 5 October 2006, 28 September 2006, 21 September 2006, 14 September 2006, 7 September 2006, 31 August 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 10 October 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: 29 September 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [40], 712, dated 5 October 2006).

End of this report period: 10 October 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.

No new outbreaks have been reported since the last follow-up report.

Final report: no.

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NEWCASTLE DISEASE IN FRANCE

See also: 9 November 2006, 23 December 2005, 9 December 2005, 25 November 2005, 18 November 2005, 11 November 2005, 4 November 2005, 28 October 2005, 26 August 2005, 5 August 2005, 29 July 2005, 22 July 2005

(Date of previous outbreak of Newcastle disease in France reported to the OIE: November 2005).

Immediate notification report

Translation of information received on 3 and 12 October 2006 from Dr Monique Eloit, Deputy Director General, General Directorate for Food (DGAL), Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural Affairs, Paris:

Report date: 12 October 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: avian paramyxovirus type 1 (APMV1), pigeon variant.

Date of first confirmation of the event: 22 September 2006.

Date of start of the event: 18 September 2006.

Clinical disease: yes.

Nature of diagnosis: suspicion, clinical and laboratory.

Details of outbreak:

First administrative division (department)	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
Deux Sèvres	Pompaire	farm	Pompaire	18 Sept. 2006	avi	5,250	…	…	5 250	0

Description of affected population: fattening pigeons.

Diagnosis:

Laboratory where diagnostic tests were performed	Species examined	Diagnostic tests used	Dates	Results
AFSSA reference laboratory (French Agency for Food Safety), Ploufragan, France	avi	- PCR(1) - sequence analysis - virus isolation	22 Sept. 2006	positive
		intracerebral pathogenicity index	5 Oct. 2006	1.1

Source of outbreak or origin of infection: contact with wild animals (suspected).

Control measures undertaken:

- preventive stamping out on 22 and 23 September 2006 ;

- quarantine;

- zoning;

- disinfection of infected establishment (finished on 3 October 2006).

Treatment of affected animals: no.

Vaccination prohibited: no.

Other details/comments: the epidemiological investigation carried out in nearby farms did not find any clinical signs of the disease.

Final report: no.

(1) PCR: polymerase chain reaction

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