Published Date: 2018-06-14 09:07:21
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - China (06): (AH) st O, cattle, OIE
Archive Number: 20180614.5853916
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - CHINA (06): (ANHUI) SEROTYPE O, CATTLE, OIE
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Date: Tue 12 Jun 2018
Source: OIE, WAHID (World Animal Health Information Database), weekly disease information 2018; 31(24) [edited]
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=26814
Foot-and-mouth disease, China (People's Rep of)
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Information received on [and dated] 12 Jun 2018 from Dr Zhang Zhongqui, Director General, China Animal Disease Control Centre, Veterinary Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, China (People's Rep. of)
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 20 May 2018
Date of confirmation of the event: 7 Jun 2018
Report date: 12 Jun 2018
Date submitted to OIE: 12 Jun 2018
Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: 20 Jan 2015
Manifestation of disease: clinical disease
Causal agent: Foot and mouth disease virus
Serotype: O
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, laboratory (basic and advanced)
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country.
New outbreaks (1)
Summary of the outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 1
Outbreak 1: Suncun Town, Fanchang, Wuhu, Anhui
Date of start of the outbreak: 20 May 2018
Outbreak status: continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit: Backyard
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / 63 / 16 / 11 / 52 / 0
Outbreak statistics [rates apparent, expressed as percentages]
Species / morbidity rate / mortality rate / case fatality rate / Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Cattle/ 25.40 / 17.46 / 68.75 / 100
*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction, and/or slaughter
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive
Control measures
Measures applied: movement control inside the country, screening, quarantine, official destruction of animal products, official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste, stamping out, 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: Lanzhou National Reference Laboratory Foot and Mouth Disease (OIE reference laboratory)
Species / Test / Test date / Result
Cattle / gene sequencing / 7 Jun 2018 / Positive
Cattle/ reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) / 7 Jun 2018 / Positive
[The location of the outbreak can be seen on the interactive map at the source URL above.]
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[The European Commission for the Control of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) monthly report "Global Foot-and-Mouth Disease Situation," April 2018 (see http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/eufmd/FMD_reports_GMR/April_GMR_2018.pdf) notes that:
"FMDV serotype O was responsible for the outbreaks that were respectively notified on [22 Mar and 11, 12 Apr 2018] in 2 cattle farms at Gansu, Xinjiang, and at a pig slaughterhouse of Guangxi. The Lanzhou National Reference Laboratory for Foot and Mouth Disease (OIE reference laboratory), using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and gene sequencing, confirmed FMDV between 11 and 14 Apr 2018. Clinical forms were observed in both species present in the outbreaks.
While for the outbreaks reported at the slaughterhouse, the source of infection is unknown, for the episodes, which occurred on the cattle farms, the source was attributed to the legal movement of animals. In this case, infected cattle were transported from Linxia county to Hami city, of the neighboring province of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The control measures adopted are movement control inside the country, screening, traceability, quarantine, official destruction of animal products, official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste, stamping out, disinfection, vaccine permitted if a suitable one is available, while no treatment is being administered to the affected animals."
A summary table of the animals involved in the outbreak as well as a map with the location of the outbreaks are available in the same report. - Mod CRD
HealthMap/ProMED-mail map of Suncun, Anhui, China: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/64243]
