African swine fever,
Romania

Information received on 28/02/2020 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. 14
Date of start of the event	11/10/2019
Date of confirmation of the event	18/10/2019
Report date	28/02/2020
Date submitted to OIE	28/02/2020
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)

New outbreaks (3)

Outbreak 1

Piliske, Harghita

Date of start of the outbreak

19/02/2020

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)		1		1

Outbreak 2

Vingard, Alba

Date of start of the outbreak

25/02/2020

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)		1		1

Outbreak 3

Vingard, Alba

Date of start of the outbreak

25/02/2020

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)		1		1

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 3

Total animals affected

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

Outbreak statistics

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

*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

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type	Species	Test	Test date	Result
Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Laboratory (LSVSA), Alba (Local laboratory)	Wild boar	real-time PCR	26/02/2020	Positive
Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health (National laboratory)	Wild boar	real-time PCR	20/02/2020	Positive
Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health (National laboratory)	Wild boar	real-time PCR	26/02/2020	Positive

Future Reporting

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

Map of outbreak locations