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Bluetongue, Romania
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Information received on 03/09/2020 from Dr Robert Viorel Chioveanu, President, Secretary of State, Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Services,
National Sanitary
Veterinary and Food
Safety Authority, Bucharest, Romania
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Summary
Report type |
Immediate notification |
Date of start of the event |
21/08/2020 |
Date of confirmation of the event |
02/09/2020 |
Report date |
03/09/2020 |
Date submitted to OIE |
03/09/2020 |
Date event resolved |
21/12/2020 |
Reason for notification |
Recurrence of a listed disease |
Date of previous occurrence |
04/01/2016 |
Manifestation of disease |
Clinical disease |
Causal agent |
Bluetongue virus |
Serotype |
Pending |
Nature of diagnosis |
Laboratory (advanced) |
This event pertains to |
a defined zone within the country |
Related reports |
Immediate notification (03/09/2020)
Follow-up report No. 1 (04/09/2020)
Follow-up report No. 2 (22/12/2020)
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Outbreak 1 |
Turcesti, Vilcea |
Date of start of the outbreak |
21/08/2020 |
Outbreak status |
Resolved (21/12/2020) |
Epidemiological unit |
Backyard |
Affected animals |
Species |
Susceptible |
Cases |
Deaths |
Killed and disposed of |
Slaughtered |
Sheep |
241 |
1 |
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Summary of outbreaks |
Total outbreaks: 1 |
Total animals affected |
Species |
Susceptible |
Cases |
Deaths |
Killed and disposed of |
Slaughtered |
Sheep |
241 |
1 |
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Outbreak statistics |
Species |
Apparent morbidity rate |
Apparent mortality rate |
Apparent case fatality rate |
Proportion susceptible animals lost* |
Sheep |
0.41% |
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*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter |
**Not calculated because of missing information |
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Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection |
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Epidemiological comments |
On 02.09.2020, a singular case of Bluetongue was confirmed on clinical suspicion in an ovine animal (male), out of 241 animals from a non-professional holding (backyard) in Turcesti, Valcea county.
There were tested 63 animals (60 ovine animals and 3 bovine animals) and the infection was confirmed by the Real Time RT-PCR test in only one animal.
Disease confirmed at Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health, the National Reference Laboratory. Serotype is not identified yet, the results are pending.
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Control measures
Measures applied |
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Vector surveillance
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Control of vectors
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Disinfestation
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Zoning
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Traceability
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Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone
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Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone
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Movement control inside the country
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Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists)
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No treatment of affected animals
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Measures to be applied |
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Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type |
Species |
Test |
Test date |
Result |
Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health (National laboratory) |
Sheep |
real-time PCR |
02/09/2020 |
Positive |
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Future Reporting
The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted. |
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Map of outbreak locations
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