African swine fever,
Romania

Information received on 24/12/2020 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. 111
Date of start of the event	25/06/2018
Date of confirmation of the event	06/07/2018
Report date	24/12/2020
Date submitted to OIE	24/12/2020
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 (09/07/2018) Follow-up report No. 1 (13/07/2018) Follow-up report No. 2 (08/08/2018) Follow-up report No. 3 (13/08/2018) Follow-up report No. 4 (27/08/2018) Follow-up report No. 5 (02/11/2018) Follow-up report No. 6 (13/11/2018) Follow-up report No. 7 (20/11/2018) Follow-up report No. 8 (26/11/2018) Follow-up report No. 9 (17/12/2018) Follow-up report No. 10 (11/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 11 (22/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 12 (23/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 13 (29/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 14 (30/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 15 (31/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 16 (04/02/2019) Follow-up report No. 17 (14/02/2019) Follow-up report No. 18 (18/02/2019) Follow-up report No. 19 (25/02/2019) Follow-up report No. 20 (06/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 21 (15/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 22 (29/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 23 (05/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 24 (08/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 25 (12/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 26 (18/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 27 (24/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 28 (25/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 29 (06/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 30 (08/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 31 (20/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 32 (21/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 33 (28/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 34 (30/05/2019) Follow-up report No. 35 (04/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 36 (06/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 37 (11/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 38 (18/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 39 (21/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 40 (25/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 41 (26/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 42 (28/06/2019) Follow-up report No. 43 (16/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 44 (17/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 45 (25/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 46 (09/08/2019) Follow-up report No. 47 (21/08/2019) Follow-up report No. 48 (29/08/2019) Follow-up report No. 49 (07/09/2019) Follow-up report No. 50 (13/09/2019) Follow-up report No. 51 (25/09/2019) Follow-up report No. 52 (04/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 53 (11/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 54 (18/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 55 (29/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 56 (13/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 57 (22/11/2019) Follow-up report No. 58 (06/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 59 (13/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 60 (20/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 61 (23/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 62 (31/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 63 (10/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 64 (21/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 65 (30/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 66 (07/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 67 (14/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 68 (17/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 69 (28/02/2020) Follow-up report No. 70 (06/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 71 (09/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 72 (20/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 73 (27/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 74 (03/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 75 (10/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 76 (16/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 77 (24/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 78 (27/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 79 (08/05/2020) Follow-up report No. 80 (15/05/2020) Follow-up report No. 81 (22/05/2020) Follow-up report No. 82 (29/05/2020) Follow-up report No. 83 (05/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 84 (12/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 85 (19/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 86 (26/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 87 (03/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 88 (10/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 89 (17/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 90 (24/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 91 (31/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 92 (07/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 93 (14/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 94 (21/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 95 (28/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 96 (04/09/2020) Follow-up report No. 97 (11/09/2020) Follow-up report No. 98 (21/09/2020) Follow-up report No. 99 (25/09/2020) Follow-up report No. 100 (02/10/2020) Follow-up report No. 101 (09/10/2020) Follow-up report No. 102 (16/10/2020) Follow-up report No. 103 (23/10/2020) Follow-up report No. 104 (06/11/2020) Follow-up report No. 105 (13/11/2020) Follow-up report No. 106 (24/11/2020) Follow-up report No. 107 (25/11/2020) Follow-up report No. 108 (04/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 109 (11/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 110 (18/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 111 (24/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 112 (28/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 113 (08/01/2021) Follow-up report No. 114 (15/01/2021) Follow-up report No. 115 (22/01/2021)

New outbreaks (12)

Outbreak 1

Siria, Arad

Date of start of the outbreak

27/08/2020

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	0

Outbreak 2

Cheriu, Bihor

Date of start of the outbreak

05/12/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	26	26	1	25	0

Outbreak 3

Margina, Timis

Date of start of the outbreak

14/12/2020

Outbreak status

Resolved (18/12/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Natural park

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		10		10

Outbreak 4

Belotint, Arad

Date of start of the outbreak

14/12/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	50	50	5	45	0

Outbreak 5

Valea Lunga, Timis

Date of start of the outbreak

15/12/2020

Outbreak status

Resolved (17/12/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Natural park

Affected animals

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

Outbreak 6

Alios, Timis

Date of start of the outbreak

16/12/2020

Outbreak status

Resolved (18/12/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Natural park

Affected animals

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

Outbreak 7

Cheriu, Bihor

Date of start of the outbreak

17/12/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	26	26	1	25	0

Outbreak 8

Buteni, Arad

Date of start of the outbreak

17/12/2020

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	11	11	1	10	0

Outbreak 9

Luguzau, Arad

Date of start of the outbreak

17/12/2020

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	0	12	0

Outbreak 10

Birtin, Hunedoara

Date of start of the outbreak

17/12/2020

Outbreak status

Resolved (18/12/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Natural park

Affected animals

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

Outbreak 11

Sarlota, Timis

Date of start of the outbreak

23/12/2020

Outbreak status

Resolved (23/12/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Natural park

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		3	3	0	0

Outbreak 12

Nadas, Timis

Date of start of the outbreak

23/12/2020

Outbreak status

Resolved (23/12/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Natural park

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		3	3	0	0

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 12

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Swine	128	128	10	118	0
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		19	8	11	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Swine	100.00%	7.81%	7.81%	100.00%
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 within containment and/or protection zone Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Stamping out Control of wildlife reservoirs 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), Alba (Local laboratory)	Wild boar	real-time PCR	18/12/2020	Positive
Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Laboratory (LSVSA), Arad (Local laboratory)	Swine	real-time PCR	03/09/2020	Positive
Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Laboratory (LSVSA), Timis (Local laboratory)	Wild boar	real-time PCR	17/12/2020	Positive
Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Laboratory (LSVSA), Timis (Local laboratory)	Wild boar	real-time PCR	18/12/2020	Positive
Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health (National laboratory)	Swine	direct immunofluorescence (DIF) test	18/12/2020	Positive
Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health (National laboratory)	Swine	direct immunofluorescence (DIF) test	21/12/2020	Positive
Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health (National laboratory)	Swine	direct immunofluorescence (DIF) test	21/12/2020	Positive
Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health (National laboratory)	Swine	real-time PCR	22/12/2020	Positive
Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health (National laboratory)	Wild boar	real-time PCR	18/12/2020	Positive

Future Reporting

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

Map of outbreak locations