Published Date: 2018-08-22 17:01:13
Subject: PRO/AH> Foot & mouth disease - Israel (06): (HZ) gt O/ME-SA/PanAsia-2(QOM-15) resolved
Archive Number: 20180822.5980402
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE - ISRAEL (06): (HAZAFON) GENOTYPE O/ME-SA/PANASIA-2(QOM-15) RESOLVED
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Date: Mon 23 Aug 2018
Source: OIE, WAHID [edited]
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=27616
Information received on [and updated] 21 Aug 2018 from Dr Shlomo Garazi, Chief Officer for Import and Export of the Veterinary Services, Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, BET DAGAN, Israel
Report type: Follow-up report No. 2 (Final report)
Date of start of the event: 2 Apr 2018
Date of confirmation of the event: 8 Apr 2018
Report date: 21 Aug 2018
Date submitted to OIE: 21 Aug 2018
Date event resolved: 16 Jul 2018
Reason for notification: Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: June 2017
Manifestation of disease: Clinical disease
Causal agent: Foot and mouth disease virus
Serotype: O
Nature of diagnosis: Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country
New outbreaks (5)
Outbreak 1: MENAHEMYA (Ramat Sirin), Kineret, Hazafon
Date of start of the outbreak: 28 Apr 2018
Outbreak status: Resolved (20 May 2018)
Affected animals
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / 185 / 90 / 2 / 0 / 0
Affected population: Free ranging beef cattle
Outbreak 2: MOLEDET, Yizreel, Hazafon
Date of start of the outbreak: 2 May 2018
Outbreak status: Resolved (15 May 2018)
Affected animals
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / 530 / 200 / 2 / 0 / 0
Affected population: Free ranging beef cattle
Outbreak 3: AFULA, Yizreel, Hazafon
Date of start of the outbreak: 2 May 2018
Outbreak status: Resolved (10 May 2018)
Epidemiological unit: Zoo
Affected animals
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Indian hog deer: _Hyelaphus porcinus_ (Cervidae) / 6 / 3 / 3 / 0 / 0
Affected population Minizoo in the city of Afula.
Outbreak 4: KEFAR KISCH, Kineret, Hazafon
Date of start of the outbreak: 14 May 2018
Outbreak status: Resolved (5 Jun 2018)
Epidemiological unit: Farm
Affected animals
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / 850 / 150 / 0 / 0 / 0
Affected population: Feedlot
Outbreak 5: BAQA -JATT, Hadera, Haifa
Date of start of the outbreak: 7 Jul 2018
Outbreak status: Resolved (16 Jul 2018)
Epidemiological unit: Farm
Affected animals
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Sheep / 500 / 40 / 0 / 0 / 0
Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 5
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / 1565 / 440 / 4 / 0 / 0
Indian hog deer: _Hyelaphus porcinus_ (Cervidae) / 6 / 3 / 3 / 0 / 0
Sheep / 500 / 40 / 0 / 0 / 0
Outbreak statistics (rates apparent, in percentages)
Species / morbidity rate / mortality rate / case fatality rate / Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Cattle / 28.12 / 0.26 / 0.91 / 0.26
Indian hog deer: _Hyelaphus porcinus_ (Cervidae) / 50.00 / 50.00 / 100.00 / 50.00
Sheep / 8.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
*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 / Vaccination in response to the outbreak(s) / Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone / Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone / Quarantine / Zoning / No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied: No other measures
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type: Kimron Veterinary Institute, Foot and mouth disease Laboratory (National laboratory)
Species / Test / Test date / Result
Sheep / polymerase chain reaction (PCR) / 9 Jul 2018 / Positive
Sheep / real-time PCR / 9 Jul 2018 / Positive
Future Reporting
The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.
[The location of the outbreak can be seen on the interactive map at the source URL above.]
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[The FMD event caused by the strain above had started in northeast Israel on 2 Apr 2018, affecting free ranging beef cattle, as reported to the OIE on 9 Apr 2018; the causative agent of this and subsequent outbreaks was genotyped O/ME-SA/PanAsia-2(QOM-15). This strain (sublineage QOM) had not been found earlier in Israel and is considered a new introduction, the route(s) of which are not (yet) clarified. Previous FMD events in Israel, caused by FMDV O PanAsia-2, involved sublineages ANT-10 (in 2012), and FAR-09 (in 2013/14).
On 29 Apr 2018, 4 additional outbreaks were reported to the OIE in follow-up report no 1, addressing a large dairy farm, 3 free-ranging beef cattle herds, and a cluster of wild mountain gazelles (_Gazella gazella_, a protected species), all distributed within a region located south of Lake Kinneret ("the Sea of Tiberias"), adjacent to the Jordan river separating Israel from the Kingdom of Jordan.
During June 2018, 4 outbreaks, caused most probably by the same genotype, were reported from the Palestinian territories (West Bank); see 20180626.5877233 and 20180715.5905958. This event is considered not yet resolved ("continuing"). - Mod.AS
HealthMap/ProMED map available at:
Hazafon, Israel: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/1759]
