Published Date: 2021-01-27 19:52:39
Subject: PRO/AH> Foot & mouth disease - Israel (02): (HZ) deer, gt O/ME-SA/PanAsia-2, spread
Archive Number: 20210127.8141870
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - ISRAEL (02): (HAZAFON) DEER, GENOTYPE O/ME-SA/PANASIA-2, SPREAD
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Date: Mon 25 Jan 2021
Source: OIE, WAHID weekly disease information 2021; 34 (04) [edited]
https://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=37837
Foot-and-mouth disease, Israel
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Information received on [and dated] 25 Jan 2021 from Dr. Tamir Goshen, Acting Director, Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Beit Dagan, Israel
Report type: Follow-up report no. 3
Date of start of the event: 1 Jan 2021
Date of confirmation of the event: 4 Jan 2021
Report date: 25 Jan 2021
Date submitted to OIE: 25 Jan 2021
Reason for notification: Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: 9 Sep 2019
Manifestation of disease: Clinical disease
Causal agent: Foot-and-mouth disease virus (PanAsia-2)
Serotype: O
Nature of diagnosis: Clinical, laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country.
New outbreaks (1)
Outbreak 1 (GOREN): GOREN, Acco, Hazafon
Date of start of the outbreak: 16 Jan 2021
Outbreak status: Resolved (17 Jan 2021)
Epidemiological unit: Natural park
Affected animals
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Fallow deer: _Dama dama_ (Cervidae) / Not available / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0
Affected population: The deer is a free-ranging deer, one of a herd that was reintroduced into the area.
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: Unknown or inconclusive; contact with wild species [see comment]
Epidemiological comments: The epidemiological investigation is carried on. The sequencings of KEFAR ROZENWALD(ZARIT), Elon and REIHANIYYE are identical. The sequencing of HAD NESS is different in 3 nucleotides [see comment].
Control measures
Measures applied: Movement control inside the country; quarantine; zoning; process to inactivate the pathogenic agent in products or by-products; ante- and post-mortem inspections; no treatment of affected animals;
Vaccination in response to the outbreak(s):
Administrative division / Species / Total vaccinated
Hazafon / Cattle / 1150
Hazafon / Goats / 1440
Measures to be applied: Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone; surveillance within containment and/or protection zone
Diagnostic test results:
Laboratory name and type: Kimron Veterinary Institute, Foot and Mouth Disease Laboratory (national laboratory)
Species / Test / Test date / Result
Cattle / Nucleotide sequencing / 14 Jan 2021 / Positive
Cattle / Pathogen isolation on cell culture / 13 Jan 2021/ Positive
Cattle / Real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) / 13 Jan 2021 / Positive
Fallow deer / RRT-PCR / 18 Jan 2021 / Positive
[The location of the outbreak can be seen on the interactive map at the source URL above.]
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[Following the first 2 foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks reported from Israel on 5 Jan 2021 addressing 2 commercial animal operations (housed dairy cattle and dairy goats) in the western Galilee, 6 additional outbreaks (beef cattle in pasture and fattening calves) have been reported, similarly along the Lebanese border, of which 6 in cattle (beef cattle in pasture and fattening calves) and one (reported above) involving a fallow deer (found dead). OIE's current summary of the (continuing) event is the following:
Total outbreaks = 9 (submitted)
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / 2706 / 274 / 12 / 0 / 0
Goats / 1491 / 170 / 100 / 0 / 0
Sheep / 386 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Fallow deer / Not available / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0
The causative agent is, most probably, circulating in southern Lebanon. Wild boars are abundant on both sides of the international fencing structure and may have served as an intermediate transmitter (pigs are notoriously known as prolific emitters of airborne FMD virus).
An interactive OIE map, presenting all 9 foci and links to all reports, is available at https://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review/viewsummary?fupser=&dothis=&reportid=37437 (click on the cluster, zoom in).
Had Ness, where the virus was found to have 3 nucleotides being different from the other isolates, is situated in southwest Golan, about 20 km (12.4 mi) from the Syrian and Jordanian borders (map at https://tinyurl.com/y3fqdjl3).
The applied vaccine was expected to match the current virus strain; this issue is under study. - Mod.AS
HealthMap/ProMED map:
Hazafon, Israel: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/1759]
