Published Date: 2023-06-15 19:05:42 BST
Subject: PRO/AH> Foot & mouth disease - Rwanda: (ES) cattle, st pending, WOAH
Archive Number: 20230615.8710608
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - RWANDA: (EASTERN) CATTLE, SEROTYPE PENDING, WOAH
A ProMED-mail post http://www.promedmail.org
ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases http://www.isid.org
Date: Thu 15 Jun 2023
Source: WOAH-WAHIS (World Animal Health Information System) 2023 [edited]
https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5088
Rwanda - foot and mouth disease virus
-------------------------------------
General information
Report type: immediate notification
Started: 18 May 2023
Confirmed: 22 May 2023
Reported: 12 Jun 2023
Reason for notification: recurrence
Last occurrence: 29 Mar 2021
Causal agent: foot-and-mouth disease virus
Serotype: Pending
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, laboratory
This event pertains to a determined zone of the country.
Outbreak location: Rwimiyaga, Nyagatare, Iburasirazuba [Eastern]
Date of start of the outbreak: 18 May 2023
Epidemiological unit: village
Affected animals
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Cattle (domestic) / 43 178 / 197 / 0 / 0 / 197 / 43 178
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments: Note: This report was initially submitted by the country on 1 Jun 2023, but had to be reentered in the system from scratch, hence the display of a later report date. The date of last occurrence is 29 Mar 2021.
Control measures at event level
Domestic control measures applied: quarantine; movement control; disinfection; ante and post-mortem inspections.
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type / Species / Test / Tested from / Result
Rubilizi National Veterinary Laboratory / cattle / Real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR) / 22 May 2023 / positive
[The location of the outbreaks can be seen on the interactive map included in the WOAH report at the source URL above.]
--
communicated by:
ProMED
[Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is endemic in Rwanda. The following information is available from the WRLFMD-Pirbright Institute website at https://www.wrlfmd.org/east-africa/rwanda:
FMDV serotype / years
O / 1960, 1998, 2004
SAT 2 / 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000-2001, 2004
In June and December 2020, Rwanda reported to the WOAH 2 events of FMD, where serotype SAT2 was identified. See detailed information of these cases at https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/3227 and https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/3487. - Mod.CRD
ProMED map:
Rwanda: https://promedmail.org/promed-post?place=8710608,173]