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. 71
Date of start of the event	29/06/2018
Date of confirmation of the event	03/07/2018
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	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country
Related reports	Immediate notification (03/07/2018) Follow-up report No. 1 (13/07/2018) Follow-up report No. 2 (13/08/2018) Follow-up report No. 3 (28/08/2018) Follow-up report No. 4 (12/09/2018) Follow-up report No. 5 (17/09/2018) Follow-up report No. 6 (21/09/2018) Follow-up report No. 7 (24/09/2018) Follow-up report No. 8 (25/09/2018) Follow-up report No. 9 (11/10/2018) Follow-up report No. 10 (16/10/2018) Follow-up report No. 11 (22/10/2018) Follow-up report No. 12 (24/10/2018) Follow-up report No. 13 (29/10/2018) Follow-up report No. 14 (30/10/2018) Follow-up report No. 15 (09/11/2018) Follow-up report No. 16 (20/11/2018) Follow-up report No. 17 (26/11/2018) Follow-up report No. 18 (27/11/2018) Follow-up report No. 19 (17/12/2018) Follow-up report No. 20 (11/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 21 (23/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 22 (04/02/2019) Follow-up report No. 23 (20/02/2019) Follow-up report No. 24 (25/02/2019) Follow-up report No. 25 (11/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 26 (15/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 27 (25/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 28 (29/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 29 (02/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 30 (08/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 31 (11/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 32 (19/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 33 (24/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 34 (25/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 35 (06/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 36 (20/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 37 (21/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 38 (29/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 39 (30/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 40 (05/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 41 (21/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 42 (21/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 43 (28/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 44 (16/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 45 (19/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 46 (25/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 47 (09/08/2019) Follow-up report No. 48 (22/08/2019) Follow-up report No. 49 (29/08/2019) Follow-up report No. 50 (13/09/2019) Follow-up report No. 51 (25/09/2019) Follow-up report No. 52 (04/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 53 (11/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 54 (18/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 55 (23/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 56 (25/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 57 (29/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 58 (14/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 59 (22/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 60 (28/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 61 (06/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 62 (10/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 63 (20/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 64 (20/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 65 (30/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 66 (10/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 67 (17/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 68 (20/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 69 (30/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 70 (07/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 71 (14/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 72 (17/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 73 (28/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 74 (05/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 75 (09/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 76 (20/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 77 (27/03/2020)

New outbreaks (11)

Outbreak 1

Fruntiseni, Vaslui

Date of start of the outbreak

03/02/2020

Outbreak status

Resolved (07/02/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Natural park

Affected animals

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

Outbreak 2

Radulesti, Vrancea

Date of start of the outbreak

03/02/2020

Outbreak status

Resolved (05/02/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Natural park

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		8	8	0	0

Outbreak 3

Holboca, Iasi

Date of start of the outbreak

03/02/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	12	12	7	5	0

Outbreak 4

Tepu, Galati

Date of start of the outbreak

05/02/2020

Outbreak status

Resolved (05/02/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Natural park

Affected animals

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

Outbreak 5

Murgeni, Vaslui

Date of start of the outbreak

05/02/2020

Outbreak status

Resolved (05/02/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Natural park

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		4	0	4	0

Outbreak 6

Verdea, Vrancea

Date of start of the outbreak

07/02/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	22	22	4	17	0

Outbreak cluster 7

Gropnita, Iasi (3 outbreaks)

Date of start of the outbreak

07/02/2020

Outbreak status

Resolved (07/02/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Natural park

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		4	3	1	0

Outbreak 8

Pietrosu, Iasi

Date of start of the outbreak

11/02/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Natural park

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		3	3

Outbreak 9

Pietrosu, Iasi

Date of start of the outbreak

12/02/2020

Outbreak status

Resolved (13/02/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Natural park

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		2	2	0	0

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 11

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		23	16	7	0
Swine	34	34	11	22	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)	**	**	69.57%	**
Swine	100.00%	32.35%	32.35%	97.06%

*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 Disinfection Control of vectors Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type	Species	Test	Test date	Result
Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Laboratory (LSVSA), Iasi (Local laboratory)	Wild boar	real-time PCR	12/02/2020	Positive

Future Reporting

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

Map of outbreak locations