Foot and mouth disease,
South Africa

Information received on 08/01/2020 from Dr Bothle Michael Modisane, Chief Director , Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Animal Production and Health, PRETORIA, South Africa

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 6
Date of start of the event	01/11/2019
Date of confirmation of the event	01/11/2019
Report date	07/01/2020
Date submitted to OIE	08/01/2020
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	02/09/2019
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Foot and mouth disease virus
Serotype	SAT 2
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country
Related reports	Immediate notification (06/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 1 (15/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 2 (26/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 3 (03/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 4 (11/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 5 (22/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 6 (07/01/2020)

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1 (FMD_LIM_2019_015)

FMD_LIM_2019_015, Makhado, Limpopo

Date of start of the outbreak

27/12/2019

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Farm

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Cattle	1000	27	0	0	0

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Cattle	1000	27	0	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Cattle	2.70%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	Outbreak in South Africa's suspended FMD free zone. Coordinates modified to protect confidentiality as required by South African Legislation.

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Quarantine Zoning Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	Slaughter

Future Reporting

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

Map of outbreak locations