Published Date: 2017-05-16 19:17:07
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Palestinian Auth (03): (WE) bovine,ovine, st pending, OIE
Archive Number: 20170516.5039513
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE - PALESTINIAN AUTH (03): (WEST BANK) BOVINE, OVINE, SEROTYPE PENDING, OIE
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Date: Tue 16 May 2017
Source: OIE, WAHID [edited] http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=23797
Foot-and-mouth disease [FMD], Palestinian Auton. Territories
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Information received on 16 May 2017 from Dr Iyad Adra, Director General of Veterinary Services & Animal Health, CVO, Ministry of Agriculture, Ramallah, Palestinian Auton. Territories
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 1 May 2017
Date of confirmation of the event: 10 May 2017
Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: Nov 2016
Manifestation of disease: clinical disease
Causal agent: Foot and mouth disease virus
Serotype: Pending
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains a defined zone within the country.
New outbreaks (2)
Outbreak 1(886): Ramallah, Bietonia, West Bank
Date of start of the outbreak: 1 May 2017
Outbreak status: continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit: farm
Affected animals:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / 200 / 60 / 0 / - / -
Sheep / 110 / 10 / 0 /- / -
Affected population: The infected fattening farms contained a mixed herd with 200 calves and 110 sheep.
Outbreak 2 (883): Hebron, Yatta, West Bank
Date of start of the outbreak: 9 May 2017
Outbreak status: continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit: farm
Affected animals:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Sheep / 131 / 26 / 9 / 0 / 0
Affected population: 2 farms.
Summary of outbreaks, total outbreaks: 2
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Destroyed / Slaughtered
Cattle / 200 / 60 / 0 / - / -
Sheep / 241 / 36 / 9 / 0 / 0
Outbreak statistics [rates apparent, expressed as percentages]:
Species / morbidity rate / mortality rate / case fatality rate / proportion susceptible animals lost*
Cattle / 30 / 0 / 0 / **
Sheep / 14.94 / 3.73 / 25 / **
*Removed from the susceptible population
** Not calculated because of missing information
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; screening; traceability; quarantine; control of wildlife reservoirs; zoning; disinfection; no treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied: no other measures
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type: Central Veterinary laboratory (national laboratory)
Species / Test / Test date / Result
Cattle / real-time PCR / 10 May 2017 / positive
Sheep / real-time PCR / 10 May 2017 / positive
Future reporting
The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.
[The location of these outbreaks can be seen on the interactive map included in the OIE report at the source URL above.]
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[Information published by the Pirbright World Reference Laboratory for Foot-and-Mouth Disease, shows that the following serotypes have been identified in Palestinian Authority:
Serotype: Years
Untyped: 2007, 2009
FMDV-O: 2002, 2007, 2013 (West Bank), 2015 (West Bank), 2017 (Gaza Strip)
FMDV-A: 2009, 2013 (Gaza Strip)
FMDV-C: 0000
FMDV-Asia 1: 0000
FMDV-SAT 1: 0000
FMDV-SAT 2: 2012 (Gaza Strip)
FMDV-SAT 3: 0000
See data at http://www.wrlfmd.org/fmd_genotyping/me/pat.htm. - Mod.CRD
Since February 2017, 4 FMD events, totaling 10 outbreaks, have been reported from a restricted area in the Eastern Mediterranean, including the Palestinian Authority (PA; 2 in the Gaza Strip, 2 in the West Bank); Israel (one, adjacent to the Gaza strip, and a recent one on the Lebanese border); and Jordan (4 widely spread outbreaks, in February 2017, declared resolved in April). For all 10 outbreaks, please refer to the map at http://tinyurl.com/nx266ce (click on Israel/PA, zoom in).
The following information is currently available on the strains involved:
1. FMD serotype O topotype EA-3 in the Gaza strip (PA; 2 reported outbreaks) and in one adjacent Israeli farm, total of 3 reported outbreaks in the cluster;
2. FMD serotype O, not-genotyped, in Jordan: 4 outbreaks, of which one in the north (close to Syria), 2 in the northwest (close to the Jordan river/PA), and one in the center;
3. FMD serotype A, serotyped/genotyped (in Israel) as A/ASIA/GVII, on the Lebanese border (north Israel).
4. FMD (untyped), West Bank (PA), 2 outbreaks (this is the new, current event reported to the OIE above).
Though starting at the same date as event No 3 (Israel, FMD A/ASIA/GVII, on Lebanon's border, rather distant from the West Bank), the causative agent in the current West Bank event could be similar to any of the 3 strains circulating regionally, including the Jordanian one.
Unfortunately, Jordan's FMDV-O strain has not been genotyped yet. Jordan's neighbor, Saudi Arabia, has recently experienced outbreaks caused by 2 FMDV serotype O strains, namely ME-SA/Ind-2001d and ME-SA/PanAsia-2ANT-10.
Hopefully, the West Bank samples be forwarded to a (regional/global) FMD reference laboratory for serotyping and genotyping, and the Jordanian strain be genotyped. - Mod.AS
A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/331.]
