Published Date: 2021-07-03 23:46:32
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Namibia: (CA) cattle, st pending, OIE
Archive Number: 20210703.8494016
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - NAMIBIA: (ZAMBEZI) CATTLE, SEROTYPE PENDING, OIE
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Date: Fri 2 Jul 2021
Source: OIE, WAHID [edited]
https://wahis.oie.int/#/report-info?reportId=35451
Foot-and-mouth disease virus, Namibia
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General information
Report type: immediate notification
Started: 1 Jun 2021
Confirmed: 3 Jun 2021
Reported: 1 Jul 2021
Reason for notification: recurrence
Last occurrence: 21 Apr 2021
Causal agent: foot-and-mouth disease virus
Subtype: pending
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, laboratory
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country.
Outbreak location: Kasuno crush-pen, Katima Muliro Rural, Zambezi
Date of start of the outbreak: 1 Jun 2021
Epidemiological unit: village
Affected animals
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Cattle / 144 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / -
Affected population: Animals at Kasuno village showing apparent clinical signs of foot-and-mouth disease such as excessive salivation, blisters in the mouth and hooves, lameness, and frothing of the mouth
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: contact with wild species
Control measures at event level
Domestic control measures applied: movement control inside the country, ante- and post-mortem inspections, disinfection, surveillance within containment and/or the protection zone, traceability, vaccination in response to the outbreak (s), zoning
Control measures different from event level
Additional measures: process to inactivate the pathogenic agent in products or by-products
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type / Species / Test / Test date / Result
Central Veterinary Laboratory, NAM (national laboratory) / cattle / reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) / 3 Jun 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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[Between September 2020 and April 2021, 10 outbreaks of FMD-SAT 2 were reported in cattle in the regions of Kavango, Oshikoto, Ohangwena, and Oshana. The event was declared resolved on 24 Apr 2021. See the last follow-up report No. 5 and updated map of this event at https://wahis.oie.int/#/report-info?reportId=34280.
Namibia contains 3 FMD zones:
- FMD Infected zone
- FMD Free zone
- FMD Containment zone
"The Zambezi region is called the FMD Infected zone due to periodic occurrence of FMD in this region. The Zambezi region forms part of the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA), and the presence of African buffalo, which is the carrier of FMD, makes control of this disease in this region very difficult." Source: https://www.nammic.com.na/index.php/library?task=download.send&id=66&catid=43&m=0 - Mod.CRD
HealthMap/ProMED map:
Zambezi Region, Namibia: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/35623]