Small hive beetle infestation (Aethina tumida),
Italy

Information received on 03/09/2020 from Dr Silvio Borrello, Chief Veterinary Officer, Food Safety and Collegial Bodies for Health Protection, Ministère de la Santé, Department for Veterinary Public Health, Rome, Italy

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 38
Date of start of the event	15/09/2015
Date of confirmation of the event	16/09/2015
Report date	03/09/2020
Date submitted to OIE	03/09/2020
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	15/12/2014
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Aethina tumida
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country
Related reports	Immediate notification (30/10/2015) Follow-up report No. 1 (10/11/2015) Follow-up report No. 2 (02/12/2015) Follow-up report No. 3 (18/12/2015) Follow-up report No. 4 (05/05/2016) Follow-up report No. 5 (05/07/2016) Follow-up report No. 6 (15/07/2016) Follow-up report No. 7 (29/07/2016) Follow-up report No. 8 (22/08/2016) Follow-up report No. 9 (30/09/2016) Follow-up report No. 10 (03/10/2016) Follow-up report No. 11 (13/10/2016) Follow-up report No. 12 (26/10/2016) Follow-up report No. 13 (31/10/2016) Follow-up report No. 14 (22/11/2016) Follow-up report No. 15 (30/11/2016) Follow-up report No. 16 (10/01/2017) Follow-up report No. 17 (08/05/2017) Follow-up report No. 18 (17/07/2017) Follow-up report No. 19 (28/07/2017) Follow-up report No. 20 (31/07/2017) Follow-up report No. 21 (09/08/2017) Follow-up report No. 22 (10/11/2017) Follow-up report No. 23 (26/01/2018) Follow-up report No. 24 (17/04/2018) Follow-up report No. 25 (18/06/2018) Follow-up report No. 26 (10/08/2018) Follow-up report No. 27 (11/09/2018) Follow-up report No. 28 (08/10/2018) Follow-up report No. 29 (16/11/2018) Follow-up report No. 30 (22/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 31 (05/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 32 (03/09/2019) Follow-up report No. 33 (02/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 34 (05/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 35 (14/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 36 (30/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 37 (10/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 38 (03/09/2020) Follow-up report No. 39 (11/09/2020) Follow-up report No. 40 (23/09/2020)

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1 (4_2020_SN (2 BIS))

Laureana di Borrello, REGGIO CALABRIA, Calabria

Date of start of the outbreak

28/08/2020

Outbreak status

Resolved (31/08/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Apiary

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Bees (hives)	1	1		1

Affected population

The positivity concerns one hive, a sentinel nucleus used as a device to improve the surveillance system in the area. N. 2 BIS

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Bees (hives)	1	1		1

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Bees (hives)	100.00%	**	**	**

*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 outside containment and/or protection zone Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Zoning 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
Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute, IZS, Venezie - Padova (National laboratory)	Bees	entomological investigations	31/08/2020	Positive

Future Reporting

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

Map of outbreak locations