Published Date: 2021-03-27 17:30:49
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Mauritius (02): (RO) cattle, st O, conf, OIE
Archive Number: 20210327.8273130
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - MAURITIUS (02): (RODRIGUES) CATTLE, SEROTYPE O, CONFIRMED, OIE
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Date: Fri 26 Mar 2021
Source: OIE, WAHIS (World Animal Health Information System), 2021 [edited]
https://wahis.oie.int/#/report-info?reportId=31121
Foot & mouth disease, Mauritius
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General information:
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 10 Mar 2021
Date of confirmation of the event: 25 Mar 2021
Report date: 26 Mar 2021
Reason for notification: recurrence
Date of previous occurrence: 20 Oct 2016
Manifestation of disease: clinical disease
Causal agent: foot-and-mouth disease virus
Serotype: O
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, necropsy, laboratory
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country.
New outbreaks (1)
Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 1
Outbreak location: livestock production unit, Saint Gabriel, Rodrigues
Date of start of the outbreak: 10 Mar 2021
Epidemiological unit: farm
Total animals affected
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered/killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Cattle / 57 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / -
Affected population: Epithelial tissues sent to ANSES laboratory and presence of FMD type O virus confirmed. Dairy and mixed-breed cattle; 52 000 estimated total susceptible population of Rodrigues (8700 cattle, 13 500 goats, 12 000 sheep, and 14 300 pigs).
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments: Clinical suspicion of foot-and-mouth disease, which was later confirmed by ANSES laboratory on 25 Mar 2021 to be of type O FMD strain.
Control measures
Measures applied in domestic: quarantine; official disposal of carcasses, by-products, and waste, movement control inside the country; disinfection; ante- and post-mortem inspections
Measures to be applied in domestic: vaccination in response to the outbreak(s), traceability, surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone, surveillance within containment and/or protection zone, screening, process to inactive the pathogenic agent in products or by-products, official destruction of animal products, zoning
Measures to be applied in wild: control of wildlife reservoirs
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type: ANSES (Agence nationale de securite sanitaire des aliments et de l'environnement) - Laboratoire de sante animale de Maisons-Alfort
Species / Test / Test date / Result
Cattle / reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) / 25 Mar 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 official communication confirms and complements the request for information in ProMED post 20210314.8247240.
A press release was published on 10 Mar 2021 communicating the foot-and-mouth disease [FMD] outbreak in Rodrigues (in French; see https://tinyurl.com/yhc865ps).
In 2016, the Government of Mauritius created a fact-finding committee to investigate the outbreak of FMD in the Republic of Mauritius in 2016. The full report of the fact-finding committee is available at https://tinyurl.com/5euf3a57. According to this report, the FMD outbreaks in Rodrigues and Mauritius that occurred in 2016 were due to FMD virus serotype O, topo-type SA-ME, lineage Ind-2001d. - Mod.CRD
HealthMap/ProMED map:
Rodrigues, Mauritius: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/6461]
