Published Date: 2020-06-02 17:36:36
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - China (01): (CQ) st O, cattle, OIE
Archive Number: 20200602.7418942
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - CHINA (01): (CHONGQING) SEROTYPE O, CATTLE, OIE
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Date: Mon 1 Jun 2020
Source: OIE, WAHID (World Animal Health Information Database), weekly disease information 2020; 33(23) [edited]
https://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=34512
Foot-and-mouth disease, China (People's Rep. of)
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Information received on [and dated] 1 Jun 2020 from Dr. Huang Baoxu, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group, Animal Health and Epidemiology Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Qingdao, China (People's Rep. of)
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 21 May 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 28 May 2020
Reason for notification: 1st occurrence of a listed disease
Manifestation of disease: clinical disease
Causal agent: Foot and mouth disease virus
Serotype: O
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, laboratory (basic)
This event pertains to: a defined zone within the country.
New outbreaks (1)
Summary of outbreaks:
Total outbreaks: 1
Outbreak location: Daping Village, Hengshan Township, Qijiang District, Chongking [Chongqing]
Date of start of the outbreak: 21 May 2020
Outbreak status: continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit: farm
Total animals affected
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / 12 / 4 / 0 / 12 / 0
Outbreak statistics [rates apparent, expressed as percentages]
Species / Morbidity rate / Mortality rate / Case fatality rate / Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Cattle / 33.33 / 0 / 0 / 100
*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction, and/or slaughter
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: Illegal movement of animals
Control measures
Measures applied: movement control inside the country; surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone; screening; traceability; quarantine; official destruction of animal products; official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste; stamping out; zoning; disinfection; vaccination prohibited; no treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied: no other measures
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type / Species / Test / Test date / Result
Chongking Animal Disease Control Center (Local laboratory) / Cattle real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) / 28 May 2020 / Positive
Future reporting
The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.
[The location of the outbreak can be seen on the interactive map included in the OIE report at the source URL above.]
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[FMD is endemic in China. "In 2018, China reported 27 FMD outbreaks in 12 provinces. All the outbreak viruses were characterized, amongst which only one was due to serotype A virus (in Guizhou Province) and all the remaining were caused by serotype O viruses. Cattle, sheep and pigs were affected." Source: SEACFMD Bulletin, 2018, available at SEACFMD https://rr-asia.oie.int/en/projects/fmd/seacfmd-bulletin/.
"An outbreak of FMD type O was reported in cattle on [30 Dec 2019] at Yandun Animal Health Inspection and Disinfection Station along Highway G30, Yizhou District, Hami, Xinjiang. No genotyping has been reported." Source: FMD Quarterly Report, Jan- Mar 2020 EuFMD - WRLFMD, https://tinyurl.com/y7gjdmb8.
All outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) reported from 1 Jan 2018 to date (2 Jun 2020) can be seen on the interactive map at https://tinyurl.com/y7n3q9ry (click on the section of interest on the map, and zoom in). - Mod.CRD
HealthMap/ProMED map of China: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/66811]
