Published Date: 2020-10-10 04:13:45
Subject: PRO/AH> Foot & mouth disease - Namibia: (KE) cattle, not typed, OIE
Archive Number: 20201010.7849996
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - NAMIBIA: (KAVANGO EAST) CATTLE, NOT TYPED, OIE
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Date: Tue 6 Oct 2020
Source: OIE, WAHID [edited]
https://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=36008
Foot and mouth disease, Namibia
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Information received on [and dated] 6 Oct 2020 from Dr Albertina Shilongo, acting chief veterinary officer, Division of Epidemiology, Import/Export Control and Training, Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Windhoek, Namibia
Report type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 25 Sep 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 28 Sep 2020
Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: 12 Feb 2020
Manifestation of disease: clinical disease
Causal agent: foot and mouth disease virus
Serotype: not typed
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: Hoha Crush-pen, Ndiyona, Rundu, Kavango East
Date of start of the outbreak: 25 Sep 2020
Outbreak status: continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit: village
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Cattle / 657 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 0
Outbreak statistics [rates apparent, expressed as percentages]
Species / Morbidity rate / Mortality rate / Case fatality rate / Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Cattle / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0
*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction, and/or slaughter
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, traceability, disinfection, ante- and post-mortem inspections, vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists), no treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied: vaccination in response to the outbreak(s), disinfection
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type / Species / Test / Test date / Result
Central Veterinary Laboratory (CVL) (national laboratory) / cattle / non-structural protein ELISA / 28 Sep 2020 / positive
Central Veterinary Laboratory (CVL) (national laboratory) / cattle / reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) / 2 Oct 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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[Between August and December 2019, 7 outbreaks of FMD-SAT 3 were reported in cattle in the Zambezi region. The event was declared resolved in February 2020. The source of infection was due to contact with wild animals. See a summary and updated map of this event at https://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review/viewsummary?reportid=31416.
According to the media report, Namibia banned the cross-border movement of cattle into and out of northern neighbor Angola due to this outbreak of FMD. Surveillance teams had been deployed to stablish the extent of the outbreak (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-namibia-footandmouthdisease/namibia-restricts-cross-border-cattle-movement-over-foot-and-mouth-idUSKBN26S1OK). - Mod.CRD
HealthMap/ProMED-mail map of Ndiyona, Kavango East, Namibia: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/67677.]
