African swine fever,
Romania

Information received on 06/03/2020 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. 70
Date of start of the event	25/06/2018
Date of confirmation of the event	06/07/2018
Report date	06/03/2020
Date submitted to OIE	06/03/2020
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 (09/07/2018) Follow-up report No. 1 (13/07/2018) Follow-up report No. 2 (08/08/2018) Follow-up report No. 3 (13/08/2018) Follow-up report No. 4 (27/08/2018) Follow-up report No. 5 (02/11/2018) Follow-up report No. 6 (13/11/2018) Follow-up report No. 7 (20/11/2018) Follow-up report No. 8 (26/11/2018) Follow-up report No. 9 (17/12/2018) Follow-up report No. 10 (11/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 11 (22/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 12 (23/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 13 (29/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 14 (30/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 15 (31/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 16 (04/02/2019) Follow-up report No. 17 (14/02/2019) Follow-up report No. 18 (18/02/2019) Follow-up report No. 19 (25/02/2019) Follow-up report No. 20 (06/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 21 (15/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 22 (29/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 23 (05/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 24 (08/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 25 (12/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 26 (18/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 27 (24/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 28 (25/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 29 (06/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 30 (08/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 31 (20/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 32 (21/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 33 (28/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 34 (30/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 35 (04/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 36 (06/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 37 (11/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 38 (18/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 39 (21/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 40 (25/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 41 (26/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 42 (28/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 43 (16/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 44 (17/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 45 (25/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 46 (09/08/2019) Follow-up report No. 47 (21/08/2019) Follow-up report No. 48 (29/08/2019) Follow-up report No. 49 (07/09/2019) 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 (29/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 56 (13/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 57 (22/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 58 (06/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 59 (13/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 60 (20/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 61 (23/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 62 (31/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 63 (10/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 64 (21/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 65 (30/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 66 (07/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 67 (14/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 68 (17/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 69 (28/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 70 (06/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 71 (09/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 72 (20/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 73 (27/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 74 (03/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 75 (10/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 76 (16/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 77 (24/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 78 (27/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 79 (08/05/2020) Follow-up report No. 80 (15/05/2020) Follow-up report No. 81 (22/05/2020) Follow-up report No. 82 (29/05/2020) Follow-up report No. 83 (05/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 84 (12/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 85 (19/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 86 (26/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 87 (03/07/2020)

New outbreaks (7)

Outbreak 1

Almasu Mare, Bihor

Date of start of the outbreak

21/02/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	6	6	4	2	0

Outbreak 2

Almasu Mare, Bihor

Date of start of the outbreak

21/02/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	11	11	5	6	0

Outbreak 3

Saldabagiu, Bihor

Date of start of the outbreak

21/02/2020

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

Outbreak 4

Almasu Mare, Bihor

Date of start of the outbreak

24/02/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

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

Outbreak 5

Bucovat, Timis

Date of start of the outbreak

01/03/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	56	56	3	53	0

Outbreak 6

Sag, Timis

Date of start of the outbreak

03/03/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	17	17	1	16	0

Outbreak 7

Cadar, Timis

Date of start of the outbreak

03/03/2020

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	1	1	0

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 7

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	97	97	15	82	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Swine	100.00%	15.46%	15.46%	100.00%

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

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied	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