Published Date: 2018-04-02 09:51:30
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Mongolia: multiple species, st O, spread
Archive Number: 20180402.5723270
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - MONGOLIA: MULTIPLE SPECIES, SEROTYPE O, SPREAD
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Date: Thu 29 Mar 2018
Source: OIE, WAHID (World Animal Health Information Database), weekly disease information 2018; 31(13) [edited]
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapEventSummary&reportid=26288
Foot-and-mouth disease, Mongolia
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Information received on 29 Mar 2018 from Dr Battsengel Dambadarjaa, Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary and Animal Breeding Service, Ministry for Food and Agriculture, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Report type: follow-up report no. 7
Date of start of the event: 24 Jan 2017
Date of confirmation of the event: 28 Jan 2017
Report date: 27 Mar 2018
Date submitted to OIE: 29 Mar 2018
Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: 29 Aug 2016
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 (15)
[The 15 new outbreaks, of which -- reportedly -- 2 started in January, 11 in February, and 2 in March 2018, were located in the following 7 provinces ('aymag'): Govisumber, Umnugovi [Ã-mnögovi], Sükhbaatar, Dundgovi, Dornogovi, Dornod, and Khentii [Hentiy] (out of Mongolia's total of 18 provinces/aymguud). All outbreaks, which affected cattle, goats, and sheep, were eradicated by stamping out. For the precise location of each outbreak and its specific epidemiological details, including number of cases per species, please refer to the source URL above. - Mod.AS]
Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 15
Total animals affected
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / Not available / 821 / 0 / 821 / 0
Goats / Not available / 462 / 0 / 462 / 0
Sheep / Not available / 417 / 0 / 417 / 0
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive
Control measures
Measures applied: movement control inside the country, screening, quarantine, stamping out, zoning, disinfection, no treatment of affected animals.
Vaccination in response to the outbreak(s):
Administrative division / Species / Total Vaccinated
Dornod / Cattle / 166 526
Dornot / Goats / 290 011
Dornot / Sheep / 478 584
Khentii / Cattle / 177 056
Khentii / Goats / 483 809
Khentii / Sheep / 764 176
Sükhbaatar / Cattle / 206 012
Sükhbaatar / Goats / 973 009
Sükhbaatar / Sheep / 1 523 375
Measures to be applied: no other measures
Future reporting
The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.
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[This FMD event, which started in January 2017 and decreased during the summer months, has flared up recently, affecting all provinces in the eastern half of Mongolia as well as neighbouring territories in Russia and China; the involvement of wildlife has been suspected (see 20180301.5657440).
According to a recent media report, Mongolia has planned to start a vaccination campaign in May 2018, applying Russian vaccines. "Mongolian quarantine officials are using lemonic acid to disinfect all vehicles that come from the infected areas to the capital city." Currently, "a martial law has been declared in 23 soums (administrative subdivisions) in 8 provinces to control the spread of FMD." (see http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/26/c_137066576.htm; thanks to the submitter, ProMED-mail Rapporteur Mary Marshall).
Links to the 8 reports submitted to the OIE since the start of this event on 24 Jan 2017, as well as an interactive map presenting the 66 accumulated outbreaks as of 29 Mar 2018, are available at http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review/viewsummary?fupser=&dothis=&reportid=22811.
As reported in 20170901.5288720, the WRLFMD at Pirbright had sequenced a field isolate received from Mongolia (O/MOG/10/2017), genotyped as 'O/ME-SA/PanAsia'. The Mongolian virus was subjected to vaccine matching strain differentiation (VMSD) test, with the following results: "good matching results with O/TUR/5/2009 but not with O-3039 and Manisa." The above and additional genotyping results from Mongolia are available at the WRLFMD website.
The most recent analysis (8 Feb 2018), indicates that on top of the above mentioned FMDV strain (topotype ME-SA, lineage PanAsia), another lineage of the ME-SA topotype (Middle East-South Asia) is currently circulating in Mongolia, namely Ind-2001d. (Dundgovi, cattle, virus sample name: MOG/14/2017. Date of collection: 18 Nov 2017).
See all recent genotyping results, including a dendrogram, at http://www.wrlfmd.org/fmd_genotyping/2018/WRLFMD-2018-00006-Mongolia-O-approved.pdf. - Mod.AS
Maps of Mongolia: http://www.ezilon.com/maps/images/asia/political-map-of-Mongolia.gif and http://healthmap.org/promed/p/1]
