African swine fever,
Romania

Information received on 14/02/2020 from Dr Robert Viorel Chioveanu, President, Secretary of State, Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Services, National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority, Bucharest, Romania

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 13
Date of start of the event	11/10/2019
Date of confirmation of the event	18/10/2019
Report date	14/02/2020
Date submitted to OIE	14/02/2020
Reason for notification	First occurrence of a listed disease
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	African swine fever virus
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country
Related reports	Immediate notification (25/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 1 (30/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 2 (07/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 3 (12/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 4 (28/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 5 (06/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 6 (20/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 7 (30/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 8 (10/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 9 (17/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 10 (20/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 11 (31/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 12 (07/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 13 (14/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 14 (28/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 15 (09/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 16 (20/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 17 (27/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 18 (03/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 19 (10/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 20 (16/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 21 (24/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 22 (30/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 23 (08/05/2020) Follow-up report No. 24 (15/05/2020) Follow-up report No. 25 (22/05/2020) Follow-up report No. 26 (29/05/2020) Follow-up report No. 27 (05/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 28 (12/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 29 (19/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 30 (26/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 31 (03/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 32 (10/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 33 (17/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 34 (31/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 35 (07/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 36 (14/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 37 (18/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 38 (21/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 39 (28/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 40 (04/09/2020) Follow-up report No. 41 (11/09/2020) Follow-up report No. 42 (21/09/2020) Follow-up report No. 43 (25/09/2020) Follow-up report No. 44 (02/10/2020) Follow-up report No. 45 (09/10/2020) Follow-up report No. 46 (16/10/2020) Follow-up report No. 47 (23/10/2020) Follow-up report No. 48 (30/10/2020) Follow-up report No. 49 (06/11/2020) Follow-up report No. 50 (13/11/2020) Follow-up report No. 51 (24/11/2020) Follow-up report No. 52 (27/11/2020) Follow-up report No. 53 (04/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 54 (11/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 55 (18/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 56 (24/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 57 (28/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 58 (08/01/2021) Follow-up report No. 59 (15/01/2021) Follow-up report No. 60 (22/01/2021) Follow-up report No. 61 (22/01/2021)

New outbreaks (4)

Outbreak 1

Herculian, Covasna

Date of start of the outbreak

04/02/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	4	4	2	2	0

Outbreak 2

Belin, Covasna

Date of start of the outbreak

04/02/2020

Outbreak status

Resolved (07/02/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		1	0	1	0

Outbreak 3

Gusu, Sibiu

Date of start of the outbreak

11/02/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	2	2	0	2	0

Outbreak 4

Gusu, Sibiu

Date of start of the outbreak

11/02/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	4	4	1	3	0

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 4

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	10	10	3	7	0
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		1	0	1	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Swine	100.00%	30.00%	30.00%	100.00%
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)	**	**	0.00%	**

*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

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Stamping out Control of wildlife reservoirs Disinfection Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists) No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Future Reporting

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

Map of outbreak locations