Published Date: 2020-06-02 17:36:36
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - China (01): (CQ) st O, cattle, OIE
Archive Number: 20200602.7418942
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - CHINA (01): (CHONGQING) SEROTYPE O, CATTLE, OIE
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Date: Mon 1 Jun 2020
Source: OIE, WAHID (World Animal Health Information Database), weekly disease information 2020; 33(23) [edited]
https://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=34512
OIE report
Foot-and-mouth disease, China (People's Rep. of)
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Information received on [and dated] 1 Jun 2020 from Dr. Huang Baoxu, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group, Animal Health and Epidemiology Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Qingdao, China (People's Rep. of)
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 21 May 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 28 May 2020
Reason for notification: 1st occurrence of a listed disease
Manifestation of disease: clinical disease
Causal agent: Foot and mouth disease virus
Serotype: O
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, laboratory (basic)
This event pertains to: a defined zone within the country.
New outbreaks (1)
Summary of outbreaks:
Total outbreaks: 1
Outbreak location: Daping Village, Hengshan Township, Qijiang District, Chongking [Chongqing]
Date of start of the outbreak: 21 May 2020
Outbreak status: continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit: farm
Total animals affected
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / 12 / 4 / 0 / 12 / 0
Outbreak statistics [rates apparent, expressed as percentages]
Species / Morbidity rate / Mortality rate / Case fatality rate / Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Cattle / 33.33 / 0 / 0 / 100
*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction, and/or slaughter
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: Illegal movement of animals
Control measures
Measures applied: movement control inside the country; surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone; screening; traceability; quarantine; official destruction of animal products; official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste; stamping out; zoning; disinfection; vaccination prohibited; no treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied: no other measures
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type / Species / Test / Test date / Result
Chongking Animal Disease Control Center (Local laboratory) / Cattle real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) / 28 May 2020 / Positive
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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[FMD is endemic in China. "In 2018, China reported 27 FMD outbreaks in 12 provinces. All the outbreak viruses were characterized, amongst which only one was due to serotype A virus (in Guizhou Province) and all the remaining were caused by serotype O viruses. Cattle, sheep and pigs were affected." Source: SEACFMD Bulletin, 2018, available at SEACFMD https://rr-asia.oie.int/en/projects/fmd/seacfmd-bulletin/.
"An outbreak of FMD type O was reported in cattle on [30 Dec 2019] at Yandun Animal Health Inspection and Disinfection Station along Highway G30, Yizhou District, Hami, Xinjiang. No genotyping has been reported." Source: FMD Quarterly Report, Jan- Mar 2020 EuFMD - WRLFMD, https://tinyurl.com/y7gjdmb8.
All outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) reported from 1 Jan 2018 to date (2 Jun 2020) can be seen on the interactive map at https://tinyurl.com/y7n3q9ry (click on the section of interest on the map, and zoom in). - Mod.CRD
HealthMap/ProMED map of China: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/66811]