Published Date: 2019-02-15 13:57:34
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Israel: (HZ) cattle, st O, spread, OIE
Archive Number: 20190215.6317560
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE - ISRAEL: (HAZAFON) CATTLE, SEROTYPE O, SPREAD, OIE
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Date: Wed 13 Feb 2019
Source: OIE, WAHID (World Animal Health Information Database) weekly disease information 2019; 32(07) [edited]
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=29524
Information received on [and dated] 13 Feb 2019 from Dr. Tamir Goshen, Acting Director, Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Beit Dagan, Israel
Summary
Report type: Follow-up report no. 8
Date of start of the event: 5 Sep 2018
Date of confirmation of the event: 9 Sep 2018
Report date: 13 Feb 2019
Date submitted to OIE: 13 Feb 2019
Reason for notification: Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: 16 Jul 2018
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 (1)
Outbreak 1 (Yonatan) Yonatan, Golan, Hazafon
Date of start of the outbreak: 1 Feb 2019
Outbreak status: Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit: Other
Affected animals:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / 80 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0
Affected population: Free-ranging beef cattle. Last vaccination has been done in December 2018.
Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 1
Total animals affected
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / 80 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0
Outbreak statistics [rates apparent, in percentages]
Species / Morbidity rate / Mortality rate / Case fatality rate / Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Cattle / 12.50 / 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
Epidemiological comments: The virus lineage is O/ME/Panasia-2.
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
[The location of the outbreak can be seen on the interactive map at the source URL above.]
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[All 8 follow-up reports of this continuing event, which started 5 Sep 2018, commendably include an epidemiological comment with information on the causative agent's profile, found to be foot and mouth disease (FMD) serotype O, topotype ME-SA, lineage Panasia-2. Its summary, as of 13 Feb 2019, is the following:
Total outbreaks: 21 (submitted)
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / 3060 / 507 / 0 / 0 / 0
Mountain gazelle / Not available / 2 / 2 / 0 / 0
Wild boar / Not available / 2 / 2 / 0 / 0
The affected animals were free-range and fattening beef cattle, as well as wild gazelles and wild boar. No dairy cattle were affected. The identified virus lineage was found to be slightly different from the sub-strain behind the earlier April to July 2018 event. It is assumed that the origin of the 1st event was in Jordan, whereas the 2nd event originated, most probably, from Lebanon or Syria.
Several of the recorded cases, including the current one in Yonatan (Golan) and the previous one in Gonen (adjacent Upper Galilee; follow-up report 7), involved vaccinated animals, leading to a concern that the vaccine applied in the annual vaccinations and revaccinations did not confer full protection, particularly in young animals.
Following recent analyses, the Israeli veterinary services (VSAH) contemplate the use, in the near future, of vaccine strain "O Turkey 5/09," which seems closer to the current field strains than the ones included in the 2018 vaccine (see commentary in 20181229.6227576). The composition of the multivalent vaccine and the vaccination policy are about to be reviewed, taking into consideration the accumulated experience, the regional FMD situation, and the high susceptibility of the national dairy herd signified by extremely high milk records. - Mod.AS
HealthMap/ProMED-mail maps:
Israel: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/90
Hazafon, Israel: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/1759]
