Newcastle disease,
Dominican Republic

Information received on 15/07/2020 from Dra Nimia Lissette Gómez Rodríguez, Directora, Dirección de Sanidad Animal Dirección General de Ganadería (DIGEGA), Ministerio de Agricultura, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 4 (Final report)
Date of start of the event	17/09/2019
Date of confirmation of the event	11/11/2019
Report date	14/07/2020
Date submitted to OIE	15/07/2020
Date event resolved	05/02/2020
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	19/08/2008
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Paramyxovirus type 1 (PMV-1)
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country
Related reports	Immediate notification (19/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 1 (28/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 2 (10/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 3 (16/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 4 (14/07/2020)

Outbreaks

There are no new outbreaks in this report

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	Vaccination is again applied in all farms and backyards. No new cases detected. Passive surveillance is maintained in all poultry establishments.

Control measures

Measures applied	Ante and post-mortem inspections Slaughter Disinfection Selective killing and disposal Official destruction of animal products Quarantine Screening Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s) No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Future Reporting

The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.