African swine fever, Russia

Information received on 06/10/2009 from Dr Nicolay Vlasov, CVO, Veterinary services, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Moscow, Russia

Summary

New outbreaks

Outbreak 1	Hamlet Nikolaev, Morozovsky, ROSTOVSKAYA OBLAST
Date of start of the outbreak	02/10/2009
Outbreak status	Resolved (15/01/2010)
Epidemiological unit	Village
Affected animals	Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Swine 4 4 4 0 0
Outbreak 2	Hamlet Shirokoatamansky, Morozovsky, ROSTOVSKAYA OBLAST
Date of start of the outbreak	01/10/2009
Outbreak status	Resolved (18/11/2009)
Epidemiological unit	Village
Affected animals	Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Swine 279 10 4 275 0
Outbreak 3	Forest tract, Bryansk game holding, Kizlyarsky, RESPUBLIKA DAGESTAN
Date of start of the outbreak	13/09/2009
Outbreak status	Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit	Not applicable
Affected animals	Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Wild species 1 1 0 0
Affected Population	Sus scrofa (wild boar)
Outbreak 4	Hamlet Sibir'ki, Morozovsky, ROSTOVSKAYA OBLAST
Date of start of the outbreak	02/10/2009
Outbreak status	Resolved (09/11/2009)
Epidemiological unit	Village
Affected animals	Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Swine 2 2 2 0 0
Outbreak 5	Nikolaevskaya, Konstantinovsky, ROSTOVSKAYA OBLAST
Date of start of the outbreak	03/10/2009
Outbreak status	Resolved (15/01/2010)
Epidemiological unit	Village
Affected animals	Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Swine 2 2 2 0 0
Outbreak 6	Hamlet Kryukov, Konstantinovsky, ROSTOVSKAYA OBLAST
Date of start of the outbreak	03/10/2009
Outbreak status	Resolved (15/01/2010)
Epidemiological unit	Village
Affected animals	Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Swine 1 1 1 0 0
Outbreak 7	Hamlet Loznoy, Tsimlyansky, ROSTOVSKAYA OBLAST
Date of start of the outbreak	01/10/2009
Outbreak status	Resolved (15/01/2010)
Epidemiological unit	Village
Affected animals	Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Swine 1 1 1 0 0
Outbreak 8	Hamlet Kamyshny, Konstantinovsky, ROSTOVSKAYA OBLAST
Date of start of the outbreak	03/10/2009
Outbreak status	Resolved (15/01/2010)
Epidemiological unit	Village
Affected animals	Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Swine 3 3 3 0 0
Outbreak 9	Novotsimlyanskaya, Tsimlyansky, ROSTOVSKAYA OBLAST
Date of start of the outbreak	01/10/2009
Outbreak status	Resolved (15/01/2010)
Epidemiological unit	Village
Affected animals	Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Swine 1 1 0 1 0
Outbreak 10	Hamlet Obschy, Morozovsky, ROSTOVSKAYA OBLAST
Date of start of the outbreak	02/10/2009
Outbreak status	Resolved (17/11/2009)
Epidemiological unit	Village
Affected animals	Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Swine 200 11 7 193 0
Summary of outbreaks	Total outbreaks: 10
Total animals affected	Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Swine 493 35 24 469 0 Wild species 1 1 0 0
Outbreak statistics	Species Apparent morbidity rate Apparent mortality rate Apparent case fatality rate Proportion susceptible animals lost* Swine 7.10% 4.87% 68.57% 100.00% Wild species ** ** 100.00% ** * Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter ** Not calculated because of missing information

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Under investigation

Control measures

Measures applied	Control of wildlife reservoirs Quarantine Movement control inside the country Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	Modified stamping out

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type	Federal Scientific Institution, All-Russia Scientific Institute of Veterinary Virology and Microbiology, Pokrov (National laboratory)
Tests and results	Species Test Test date Result Swine direct immunofluorescence (DIF) test 05/10/2009 Positive Swine polymerase chain reaction (PCR) 05/10/2009 Positive Wild species direct immunofluorescence (DIF) test 28/09/2009 Positive Wild species polymerase chain reaction (PCR) 28/09/2009 Positive Wild species virus isolation 28/09/2009 Positive

Future Reporting

The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

Map of outbreak locations

Location of current outbreaks

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