Lumpy skin disease,
Hong Kong (SAR - PRC)

Information received on 07/12/2020 from Dr Thomas Sit, Chief Veterinary Officer / Assistant Director (Inspection & Quarantine), Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Hong Kong , Hong Kong (SAR - PRC)

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 1
Date of start of the event	04/10/2020
Date of confirmation of the event	21/11/2020
Report date	04/12/2020
Date submitted to OIE	07/12/2020
Reason for notification	First occurrence of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent	Lumpy skin disease virus
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to	the whole country
Related reports	Immediate notification (24/11/2020) Follow-up report No. 1 (04/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 2 (11/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 3 (29/12/2020)

Outbreaks

There are no new outbreaks in this report

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	Situation similar to the last report.

Control measures

Measures applied	Selective killing and disposal 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
The Pirbright Institute (OIE Reference Laboratory)	Cattle	gene sequencing		Pending

Future Reporting

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