Published Date: 2017-12-14 20:17:25
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Palestinian Auth (05): (WE) ovine/caprine, st not typed, OIE
Archive Number: 20171214.5501889
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (05): (WEST BANK) OVINE/CAPRINE, SEROTYPE NOT TYPED, OIE
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Date: Wed 13 Dec 2017
Source: OIE, WAHID (World Animal Health Information Database), weekly disease information 2017; 30(50) [edited] http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=25419
Foot-and-mouth disease [FMD], Palestinian Auton. Territories
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Information received on [and dated] 13 Dec 2017 from Dr Iyad Adra, Director General of Veterinary Services & Animal Health, CVO, Ministry of Agriculture, Ramallah, Palestinian Auton. Territories
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 13 Nov 2017
Date of confirmation of the event: 13 Dec 2017
Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: 1 Aug 2017
Manifestation of disease: clinical disease
Causal agent: Foot and mouth disease virus
Serotype: not typed
Nature of diagnosis: suspicion, clinical, laboratory (basic)
This event pertains a defined zone within the country.
New outbreaks (3)
Outbreak 1 (2185): Hebron, Kharas, North Hebron, West Bank
Date of start of the outbreak: 13 Nov 2017
Outbreak status: continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit: farm
Affected animals:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Sheep / goats / 20 / 5 / - / - / -
Outbreak 2 (2529): Hebron, Bani Naiam [Bani Na'im], East Hebron, West Bank
Date of start of the outbreak: 13 Nov 2017
Outbreak status: continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit: farm
Affected animals:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Sheep / goats / 55 / 20 / - / - / -
Outbreak 3 (2379): Hebron, Al Sheokh, North Hebron, West Bank
Date of start of the outbreak: 27 Nov 2017
Outbreak status: continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit: farm
Affected animals:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Goats / 167 / 25 / - / - / -
Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 3
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Sheep / goats / 75 / 25 / - / - / -
Goats / 167 / 25 / - / - / -
Outbreak statistics [rates apparent, expressed as percentages]:
Species / Morbidity rate / Mortality rate / Case fatality rate / Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Sheep / goats / 33.33 / ** / ** / **
Goats / 14.97 / ** / ** / **
* 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; 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
Vaccination in response to the outbreak(s):
Administrative division / Species / Total vaccinated
West Bank / sheep/goats / 700
Measures to be applied: no other measures
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type: Central Veterinary laboratory (national laboratory)
Species / Test / Test date / Result
Sheep/goats / antibody detection ELISA / 23 Nov 2017 / Positive
Sheep/goats / real-time PCR / 13 Dec 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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[During 2017, the Palestinian Authority reported 2 FMD events to the OIE -- one located in Gaza Strip and the other in the West Bank. Both were caused by FMDV serotype O. The situation for each of these events is as follows:
1. FMD-O Gaza Strip: event started 2 Feb 2017; 2 outbreaks reported, and the event was resolved on 20 Apr 2017. See event summary and updated map at http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review/viewsummary?reportid=22922.
2. FMD-O West Bank: event started 1 May 2017; 4 outbreaks reported, and the event was resolved on 1 Aug 2017. See event summary and updated map at http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review/viewsummary?reportid=23797
On the other hand, according to EUFMD's (European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease) monthly global report for July 2017, FMDV serotype SAT-2 was the responsible of outbreaks reported in Gaza on 12 Jul 2017. An alert was released by the CVO of Israel (see ProMED-mail posting 20170730.5215192) reporting that the results of the samples collected from sick calves of 2 farms situated in Rafah on [13 Jul 2017] and examined by the Kimron Veterinary Institute, Beit-Dagan on [17 Jul 2017] are indicative of FMDV SAT-2. As all the sick calves were slaughtered and no new outbreaks were reported; further sampling from the outbreaks was not possible. FMDV SAT-2 was recorded for the 1st and only time in the Gaza strip in 2012, while in Israel this serotype was never reported. The closest country to the former 2 that detected FMDV SAT-2 is Egypt, with reports of circulation of this virus between May and June of 2016, while genotyping is of an isolate collected in 2015 that was identified as SAT2/VII/Alx-12. See http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/eufmd/docs/FMD_monthly_reports/2017/July2017.pdf
For outbreak No. 3 (2379), no location named Al Sheokh could be traced in the Hebron district map. However, a location named Shuweika, in the Tul-Karm district has been suspected by reliable sources as the actual location for this outbreak.
The location of the three outbreaks can be seen using Google maps as follows:
1. Kharas at https://tinyurl.com/yaqo6ld3.
2. Bani Na'im at https://tinyurl.com/yblday96
3. Shuweika at https://tinyurl.com/y8hlun5v. - Mod.CRD/AS
HealthMap/ProMED-mail map
Hebron, West Bank, Palestinian Territory: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/8135]
