Turkey (03): (Zonguldak) livestock, serotype SAT-2, suspected, WOAH, request for information

Published Date: 2023-03-16 23:59:48 GMT
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Turkey (03): (ZO) livestock, st SAT-2, susp, WOAH, RFI
Archive Number: 20230316.8708982

FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - TURKEY (03): (ZONGULDAK) LIVESTOCK, SEROTYPE SAT-2, SUSPECTED, WOAH, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

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Date: Thu 16 Mar 2023
Source: WOAH-WAHIS (World Animal Health Information System) 2023 [abridged, edited]
https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/4959

Türkiye - Foot and mouth disease virus (Inf. with) - Follow up report 1
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Submitted: 16 Mar 2023
Disease: Foot and mouth disease virus (Inf. with)
Causal agent: Foot and mouth disease virus SAT2
Start date: 3 Mar 2023

New outbreaks:

1. Location: Kars (province); Sarıkamış (district); Yayikli (village).
Start: 8 Mar 2023
Quantitative data summary:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and Disposed of / Slaughtered / Vaccinated
Cattle / 2948 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

2. Location: Agri (province); Merkez (district); Sagirtas (Village)
Start: 13 Mar 2023
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and Disposed of / Slaughtered / Vaccinated
Cattle / 147 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Total since the start of the FMD SAT-2 event:
3 Outbreaks (3 provinces)
Quantitative data summary:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and Disposed of / Slaughtered / Vaccinated
Cattle / 4944 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

[A map presenting the 3 accumulated outbreaks is available at the source URL above.]

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[According to Turkiye's immediate notification and FUR 1, 3 provinces have been affected since the start of the FMDV SAT-2 event, on 3 Mar 2023. These provinces, located in the east, border each other and neighboring countries, as follows: the provinces of Ağrı, bordering Iran to the east; Iğdır, bordering on its east Armenia, Azerbaijan (the area of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic) and Iran; and Kars, bordering Armenia. In each province, one village was reported affected. Out of a total of 4944 susceptible cattle in the 3 provinces combined, 7 clinical cases are reported; no deaths. For an exotic FMD serotype, against which the domestic ruminant population is fully susceptible, this is a rather benign presentation of the event than expected, based on previous experience. - Mod.AS]

Date: Thu 16 Mar 2023
Source: CNN Turk [in Turkish, machine trans., edited]
https://www.cnnturk.com/turkiye/son-dakika-sap-hastaligi-hangi-illerde-goruldu-koyler-karantinaya-alindi-sat-2-virusu-nedir-zonguldakta-sap-virusu-alarmi

Foot and mouth disease was detected in animals such as cows, sheep and goats in the pens and dairy farms in the districts of Ereğli, Alaplı, Kozlu, Gökçebey and the villages of the capital district center in Zonguldak. As a precautionary measure, Devrek district was included in the coverage and a total of 215 villages were quarantined. Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry teams started vaccination studies in the regions where the disease is seen.

Eastern Anatolia Livestock Market in Erzurum, Europe's largest animal market, was closed due to the FMDV SAT-2 spread.

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Date: Wed 15 Mar 2023
Source: Al Mashhad [in Arabic, machine trans., abridged, edited]
https://tinyurl.com/yw8bjfhs

Turkiye isolates 215 villages due to foot-and-mouth disease outbreak
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Turkish authorities have announced the isolation of villages in the northern region of Zonguldak, due to the spread of the foot-and-mouth disease virus among animals.

Teams from the provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry have begun vaccination studies in areas where the disease was found, according to local media reports.

The incubation period of the virus in the body of animals is up to 15 days. The disease leads to lowered milk production, eating disorder and high temperatures.

Foot-and-mouth disease is transmitted from one animal to another by various means, including feed.

The foot-and-mouth disease virus is not transmitted to humans through meat.

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[Zonguldak Province, situated along the western Black Sea coast region of Turkiye (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zonguldak_Province), is divided into 8 districts: Alaplı, Çaycuma, Devrek, Gökçebey, Ereğli, Kilimli, Kozlu and Zonguldak (capital district). According to the above media reports, 5 of the districts have been declared FMD-infected with the consequent measures applied. As a precautionary measure, a similar policy is being applied in a 6th district of the province, namely Dverek, which borders 3 neighboring provinces: Düzce to the southwest, Bolu to the south, and Karabük to the southeast.

On 9 Mar 2023, the President of Turkiye's Chamber of Agriculture, İslam Yıldırım, was cited by Safak Gazete, stating, "Currently, foot and mouth disease is seen in animals in most parts of our country"; see also post number 20230310.8708855. Zonguldak Province is nearly 1000 km (620 mi) distant, as the crow flies, westwards from the 3 eastern provinces which have been, so far, officially reported as infected. Turkiye's interactive administrative map is available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_Turkey.

Confirmation or otherwise on the FMD situation in Zonguldak will be welcomed. - Mod.AS