African swine fever,
Romania

Information received on 21/08/2020 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. 113
Date of start of the event	17/07/2018
Date of confirmation of the event	20/07/2018
Report date	21/08/2020
Date submitted to OIE	21/08/2020
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 (25/07/2018) Follow-up report No. 1 (26/07/2018) Follow-up report No. 2 (09/08/2018) Follow-up report No. 3 (21/08/2018) Follow-up report No. 4 (27/08/2018) Follow-up report No. 5 (11/09/2018) Follow-up report No. 6 (12/09/2018) Follow-up report No. 7 (13/09/2018) Follow-up report No. 8 (25/09/2018) Follow-up report No. 9 (03/10/2018) Follow-up report No. 10 (16/10/2018) Follow-up report No. 11 (24/10/2018) Follow-up report No. 12 (26/10/2018) Follow-up report No. 13 (02/11/2018) Follow-up report No. 14 (08/11/2018) Follow-up report No. 15 (16/11/2018) Follow-up report No. 16 (20/11/2018) Follow-up report No. 17 (05/12/2018) Follow-up report No. 18 (10/12/2018) Follow-up report No. 19 (09/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 20 (11/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 21 (15/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 22 (29/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 23 (31/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 24 (04/02/2019) Follow-up report No. 25 (14/02/2019) Follow-up report No. 26 (19/02/2019) Follow-up report No. 27 (25/02/2019) Follow-up report No. 28 (06/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 29 (15/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 30 (20/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 31 (25/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 32 (29/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 33 (03/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 34 (08/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 35 (12/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 36 (19/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 37 (06/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 38 (08/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 39 (20/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 40 (21/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 41 (29/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 42 (04/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 43 (05/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 44 (11/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 45 (12/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 46 (18/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 47 (20/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 48 (21/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 49 (21/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 50 (24/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 51 (25/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 52 (26/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 53 (28/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 54 (08/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 55 (16/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 56 (18/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 57 (19/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 58 (25/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 59 (09/08/2019) Follow-up report No. 60 (12/08/2019) Follow-up report No. 61 (21/08/2019) Follow-up report No. 62 (26/08/2019) Follow-up report No. 63 (07/09/2019) Follow-up report No. 64 (13/09/2019) Follow-up report No. 65 (20/09/2019) Follow-up report No. 66 (26/09/2019) Follow-up report No. 67 (04/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 68 (11/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 69 (18/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 70 (25/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 71 (29/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 72 (07/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 73 (12/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 74 (22/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 75 (28/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 76 (06/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 77 (12/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 78 (20/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 79 (23/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 80 (30/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 81 (10/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 82 (17/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 83 (20/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 84 (31/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 85 (07/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 86 (14/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 87 (17/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 88 (28/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 89 (06/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 90 (09/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 91 (20/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 92 (27/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 93 (03/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 94 (10/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 95 (16/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 96 (24/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 97 (27/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 98 (08/05/2020) Follow-up report No. 99 (15/05/2020) Follow-up report No. 100 (22/05/2020) Follow-up report No. 101 (29/05/2020) Follow-up report No. 102 (05/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 103 (12/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 104 (19/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 105 (26/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 106 (03/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 107 (10/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 108 (17/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 109 (24/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 110 (31/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 111 (07/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 112 (14/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 113 (21/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 114 (28/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 115 (04/09/2020) Follow-up report No. 116 (11/09/2020) Follow-up report No. 117 (21/09/2020) Follow-up report No. 118 (25/09/2020)

New outbreaks (10)

Outbreak 1

Viisoara Mare, Dolj

Date of start of the outbreak

11/08/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	7	7	4	3

Outbreak 2

Gircov, Olt

Date of start of the outbreak

12/08/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	25	25	0	25

Outbreak 3

Hotaru, Olt

Date of start of the outbreak

12/08/2020

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	2	0

Outbreak 4

Trivalea Mosneni, Teleorman

Date of start of the outbreak

13/08/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	7	7	1	6

Outbreak 5

Ionesti, Arges

Date of start of the outbreak

13/08/2020

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	6	6

Outbreak 6

Ghindeni, Dolj

Date of start of the outbreak

13/08/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	143	143	20	123

Outbreak 7

Trivalea Mosteni, Teleorman

Date of start of the outbreak

13/08/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	20	20	0	20

Outbreak 8

Runcu, Dimbovita

Date of start of the outbreak

17/08/2020

Outbreak status

Resolved (19/08/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Natural park

Affected animals

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

Outbreak 9

Armasesti, Ialomita

Date of start of the outbreak

18/08/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	3	3	2	1

Outbreak 10

Neagra, Dimbovita

Date of start of the outbreak

20/08/2020

Outbreak status

Resolved (20/08/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Natural park

Affected animals

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

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 10

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	219	219	35	184
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		4		4

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Swine	100.00%	15.98%	15.98%	**
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	Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Stamping out Zoning 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), Dambovita (Local laboratory)	Wild boar	real-time PCR	19/08/2020	Positive
Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Laboratory (LSVSA), Dambovita (Local laboratory)	Wild boar	real-time PCR	20/08/2020	Positive
Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Laboratory (LSVSA), Ialomita (Local laboratory)	Swine	real-time PCR	20/08/2020	Positive
Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health (National laboratory)	Swine	real-time PCR	17/08/2020	Positive
Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health (National laboratory)	Swine	real-time PCR	18/08/2020	Positive
Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health (National laboratory)	Swine	real-time PCR	18/08/2020	Positive
Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health (National laboratory)	Swine	real-time PCR	18/08/2020	Positive
Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health (National laboratory)	Swine	real-time PCR	18/08/2020	Positive
Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health (National laboratory)	Swine	real-time PCR	18/08/2020	Positive
Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health (National laboratory)	Swine	real-time PCR	19/08/2020	Positive

Future Reporting

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

Map of outbreak locations