Published Date: 2019-04-19 10:38:18
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Comoros: (MO) cattle, st O, OIE
Archive Number: 20190419.6429988
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - COMOROS: (MOHELI) CATTLE, SEROTYPE O, OIE
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Date: Wed 17 Apr 2019
Source: OIE, WAHIS (World Animal Health Information System), weekly disease information 2019; 32(16) [edited]
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=30201
Foot-and-mouth disease, Comoros
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Information received on [and dated] 17 Apr 2019 from Dr Youssouf Ousseni Moutroifi, [responsible for animal health, Directorate of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment, and Urban Planning], Moroni, Comoros
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 15 Mar 2019
Date of confirmation of the event: 16 Apr 2019
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 (advanced)
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country.
New outbreaks
Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 1
Outbreak location: (Ile de Mwali Comores): Fomboni, Badar Salam, Region de Fomboni, Mwali [Moheli]
Date of start of the outbreak: 15 Mar 2019
Outbreak status: continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit: village
Affected animals:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / 220 / 201 / 19 / 0 / 0
Outbreak statistics [rates apparent, expressed as percentages]:
Species / Morbidity rate / Mortality rate / Case fatality rate / Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Cattle / 91.36 / 8.64 / 9.45 / 8.64
*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction, and/or slaughter
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: introduction of new live animals, contact with infected animal(s) at grazing/watering
Control measures
Measures applied: movement control inside the country; surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone;
surveillance within containment and/or protection zone; screening; traceability; official destruction of animal products; official disposal of carcasses, by-products, and waste; vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists); no treatment of affected animals.
Measures to be applied: vaccination in response to the outbreak(s); quarantine
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type / Species / Test / Test date / Result
ANSES, health laboratory (OIE reference laboratory) / Cattle / indirect sandwich ELISA / 16 Apr 2019 / 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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[According to the World Reference Laboratory for Foot-and-Mouth Disease (WRLFMD), FMD is endemic in Comoros (https://www.wrlfmd.org/east-africa/comoros). The country has not been reporting the disease to the OIE in either its bi-annual or annual reports. - Mod.CRD
Maps of Comoros: https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/comoros-map.htm and http://healthmap.org/promed/p/65060]
