Published Date: 2019-07-26 16:33:42
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Morocco (02): livestock, st O, tt EA-3, spread, control
Archive Number: 20190726.6589603
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE - MOROCCO (02): CATTLE, SHEEP, SEROTYPE O, TOPOTYPE EA-3, SPREAD, CONTROL
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Date: Thu 25 Jul 2019
Source: Morocco World News [edited]
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2019/07/279065/onssa-livestock-foot-mouth-eid-al-adha/
The Moroccan National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) will continue its vaccination campaign [against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)] until it reaches its target of approximately 3 million cows and 25 million goats and sheep in this latest campaign before the upcoming Eid Al Adha.
Eid Al Adha, or the "Festival of the Sacrifice," is one of the most important religious celebrations of the Muslim calendar. It honors the willingness of Ibrahim, recognized as a prophet in Islam, to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to Allah's command. Muslim families across the world will sacrifice an animal, usually a sheep, goat, or cow, in celebration of the day.
The date of Eid Al Adha, the 10th day of the last month of the Islamic calendar, changes each year as it is based on the lunar calendar. In Morocco this year [2019], Eid is expected to be celebrated on [12 and 13 Aug].
ONSSA is concerned with preventing any spread of FMD ahead of the religious celebration and making sure all meat destined for slaughter meets hygiene standards. In its latest vaccination campaign from 17 Jun to 23 Jul 2019, ONSSA has vaccinated 1 195 268 cows and 17 744 573 sheep and goats, it stated in a press release yesterday, [24 Jul 2019].
ONSSA invites all stock breeders to participate in this campaign, it adds in the press release, noting that vaccinations are carried out free of charge by private and ONSSA vets. According to ONSSA, "the hygiene state of the livestock is satisfactory on the whole."
Farmers in the Chtouka Ait Baha province are, however, on high alert, after the recent death of a number of cows infected with FMD, reports Moroccan news source Le360. Since [21 Jul 2019], farmers in the Douar Ait Laasri area south of Agadir have reported up to 2 deaths of cattle a day due to the highly contagious illness.
[Byline: Margot Eliason]
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[The recent FMD event in Morocco, caused by FMD virus O/EA-3, started, according to its notification to the OIE, on 1 Jan 2019. It followed earlier outbreaks, caused by the same virus strain, in Algeria (starting 20 Jun 2018) and Tunisia (starting 15 Dec 2018, declared resolved on 7 Mar 2019).
The following OIE summary presents the accumulated statistics of the Moroccan event as of 15 Jul 2019 (last follow-up report):
Total outbreaks = 45 (submitted)
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / 425 / 93 / 3 / 405 / 0
Sheep / 3216 / 299 / 134 / 1210 / 0
Links to all submitted reports and a summarizing interactive map are available at http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review/viewsummary?fupser=&dothis=&reportid=29162.
The summaries of the other 2 Maghreb countries follow.
1. Algeria
Outbreak summary (as of 23 Jul 2019):
Total outbreaks = 317 (submitted)
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / 1289 / 580 / 21 / 58 / 819
Sheep / 47 020 / 5804 / 2860 / 2 / 0
Goats / 3837 / 348 / 195 / 5 / 0
Links to all submitted reports and a summarizing interactive map are available at http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review/viewsummary?fupser=&dothis=&reportid=27085.
2. Tunisia (start of the event 15 Dec 2018, resolved 7 Mar 2019)
Outbreak summary (as of 7 Mar 2019):
Total outbreaks = 14 (submitted)
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Sheep / 1323 / 75 / 21 / 0 / 0
Cattle / 164 / 40 / 1 / 0 / 0
Sheep & goats / 42 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Links to all submitted reports and an interactive map showing all outbreaks are available at http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review/viewsummary?fupser=&dothis=&reportid=29044.
Additional information on the FMD situation in the above 3 countries, in particular referring to the genotyping results of their submitted samples, is available on pages 15-18 of the most recent "Global monthly FMD situation" report of FAO/EUFMD, available at
https://static.wixstatic.com/ugd/2a4419_2bdacacb7685407da7b4396a58992d8e.pdf. - Mod.AS
HealthMap/ProMED-mail map:
Morocco: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/41]