Sheep pox and goat pox,
Russia

Information received on 10/01/2020 from Dr Nicolay Vlasov, , Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance , Ministry of Agriculture, Moscow, Russia

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 10
Date of start of the event	10/07/2019
Date of confirmation of the event	11/07/2019
Report date	10/01/2020
Date submitted to OIE	10/01/2020
Date event resolved	16/12/2020
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	21/03/2019
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Sheep pox and goat pox virus
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country
Related reports	Immediate notification (12/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 1 (07/08/2019) Follow-up report No. 2 (14/08/2019) Follow-up report No. 3 (20/09/2019) Follow-up report No. 4 (25/09/2019) Follow-up report No. 5 (01/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 6 (09/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 7 (25/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 8 (28/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 9 (18/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 10 (10/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 11 (04/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 12 (16/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 13 (07/09/2020) Follow-up report No. 14 (25/09/2020) Follow-up report No. 15 (01/10/2020) Follow-up report No. 16 (16/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 17 (30/12/2020)

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1

Dubrovenskaya volost’, Porkhovsky, Pskovskaya Oblast

Date of start of the outbreak

03/01/2020

Outbreak status

Resolved (08/04/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Farm

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Sheep	2477	428	428	0	0

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Sheep	2477	428	428	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Sheep	17.28%	17.28%	100.00%	17.28%

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

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Screening Quarantine Disinfection Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists) No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	Selective killing and disposal

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type	Species	Test	Test date	Result
Pskovskaya veterinary laboratory (Local laboratory)	Sheep	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	04/01/2020	Positive
All-Russian Research Institute for Animal Health (National laboratory)	Sheep	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	06/01/2020	Positive

Future Reporting

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

Map of outbreak locations