Published Date: 2021-11-11 11:58:36 GMT
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Jordan (02): (AM) cattle, serotype not typed, OIE
Archive Number: 20211111.8699579
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - JORDAN (02): (AMMAN) CATTLE, SEROTYPE NOT TYPED, OIE
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Date: Wed 10 Nov 2021
Source: OIE WAHID (World Animal Health Information Database), weekly disease information 2021 [edited] https://wahis.oie.int/#/report-info?reportId=42368
Foot-and-mouth disease virus, Jordan
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General information
Report type: immediate notification
Started: 4 Nov 2021
Confirmed: 4 Nov 2021
Reported: 8 Nov 2021
Reason for notification: recurrence
Last occurrence: 8 Apr 2017
Causal agent: Foot-and-mouth disease virus
Serotype: Not typed
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, laboratory
This event pertains to a determined zone of the country.
Outbreak location: Amman, Sahab district, Amman
Date of start of the outbreak: 4 Nov 2021
Epidemiological unit: farm
Affected animals
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Cattle / 125 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 50
Sheep / 1600 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1600
Affected population: small herd of feedlot calves adjacent to Sahab livestock market. 10 calves showed clinical signs of fever, mouth lesions, and salivation. The herd was put under quarantine and the market closed and disinfected.
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments: a small herd of 10 calves showed clinical signs of fever, mouth lesions, and salivation. The herd is located around the Sahab livestock market. Epidemiological investigation is in process, samples were sent to the National Laboratory, the results confirmed the cases, and Veterinary and Animal Health Directorate carried out all measures: quarantine, closure of livestock market, vaccination, and surveillance.
Control measures at event level
Domestic control measures applied: ante and post-mortem inspections; disinfection; movement control inside the country; quarantine; surveillance outside containment and or the protection zone; surveillance within containment and or the protection zone; vaccination in response to the outbreak(s)
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type: Animal Wealth Laboratory Department, Ministry of Agriculture (national laboratory)
Species / Outbreaks / Test / Tested from / Result
Cattle / 1 / real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) / 4 Nov 2021 / positive
[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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[This immediate notification confirms the report in ProMED post 20211105.8699471. Unfortunately, the virus serotype was not available.
Historically, the following FMDV serotypes have been identified:
FMDV serotype / Year
O / 1962, 1966-1976, 1978-1981, 1985, 1988-1990, 1993-1996, 1998-1999, 2006, 2017
A / 1964-1965, 1968, 1974-1975, 1978, 2006
C / 1969
Asia1 / 1961
SAT1 / 1962
FMD is not readily transmissible to humans and is not a public health risk. - Mod.CRD
HealthMap/ProMED map of Jordan: https://promedmail.org/promed-post?place=8699579,57431]
