Published Date: 2018-06-03 09:26:20
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Malawi: (NN) bovine, st. pending, OIE
Archive Number: 20180603.5835496
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE - MALAWI: (NENO) BOVINE, SEROTYPE PENDING, OIE
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Date: Fri 1 Jun 2018
Source: OIE, WAHID [edited]
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=26762
Foot-and-mouth disease, Malawi
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Information received on [and dated] 1 Jun 2018 from Dr Patrick Chikungwa, Director of Department of Animal Health and Livestock Development, Department of Animal Health and Livestock Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Lilongwe, Malawi
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 24 May 2018
Date of confirmation of the event: 24 May 2018
Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: 24 Aug 2018
Manifestation of disease: clinical disease
Causal agent: foot-and-mouth disease virus
Serotype: pending
Nature of diagnosis: suspicion, clinical, laboratory (basic)
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country.
New outbreaks (1)
Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 1
Outbreak cluster 1: Feremu village, Traditional Authority Mlauli, Neno, Southern (1 outbreak)
Date of start of the outbreak: 24 May 2018
Outbreak status: continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit: village
Total animals affected
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / 44 000 / 164 / 0 / 0 / 0
Affected population: Communal cattle sharing a common grazing area and watering points. The initial cases were observed in cattle close to the Majete game reserve, which has buffaloes.
Outbreak statistics [rates apparent, expressed as percentages]
Species / Morbidity rate / Mortality rate / Case fatality rate / Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Cattle / 0.37 / 0 / 0 / 0
*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: Investigation still ongoing to establish the extent of spread; follow-up reports to be furnished.
Control measures
Measures applied: movement control inside the country, surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone, surveillance within containment and/or protection zone, quarantine, disinfection, process to inactivate the pathogenic agent in products or by-products, vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists), no treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied: vaccination in response to the outbreak(s), screening, traceability, Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type / Species / Test / Test date / Result
Central Veterinary Laboratory (National laboratory) / Cattle / ELISA 3ABC / - / Pending
Future reporting
The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.
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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[In August 2017, an FMD outbreak in cattle was reported in the Chikwawa region. According to information sent to the OIE, that event is still continuing, and the serotype is pending. The affected herd was in a communal grazing system in close proximity to buffalos that were in Lengwe National Park. Buffalos occasionally stray out of the park and graze with cattle. The population was within the locality that was strategically vaccinated against FMD using a trivalent FMD vaccine containing SAT1, SAT2 and SAT3. See event summary and updated map at http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review/viewsummary?reportid=24732. - Mod.CRD
HealthMap/ProMED-mail map:
Neno, Malawi: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/5943]
