China Foot and Mouth Disease update
CHINA - This is follow up report No.3 via OIE on the Foot and Mouth outbreak in China (People's Rep. of).
17 February 2007
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Information received on 15/02/2007 from Mr Jia Youling, National Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Bureau, Director General, BEIJING, China (People's Rep. of)
Summary
| Report type |
Follow-up report No. 3 |
| Start date |
15/01/2007 |
| Date of confirmation of event |
17/01/2007 |
| Report date |
15/02/2007 |
| Date submitted to OIE |
15/02/2007 |
| Reason for notification |
Reoccurrence of a listed disease |
| Date of previous occurrence |
11/2006 |
| Manifestation of disease |
Clinical disease |
| Causal agent |
Foot and mouth disease virus |
| Serotype |
Asia 1 |
| Nature of diagnosis |
Clinical, Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy |
| Report pertains to |
Entire country |
| Related reports |
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New Outbreaks
| Outbreak 1 |
Qinglin, Datong, QINGHAI |
| Date of start of outbreak |
08/02/2007 |
| Outbreak status |
Continuing (or date resolved not submitted) |
| Epidemiological unit |
Village |
| Affected animals |
| Species |
Susceptible |
Cases |
Deaths |
Destroyed |
Slaughtered |
| Cattle |
70 |
8 |
0 |
70 |
0 |
|
| Affected population |
cows |
| Summary of outbreaks |
Total outbreaks: 1 |
| Outbreak statistics |
| Species |
Apparent morbidity rate |
Apparent mortality rate |
Apparent case fatality rate |
Proportion susceptible removed* |
| Cattle |
11.43% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
100.00% |
* Removed from the susceptible population either through death, destruction or slaughter |
Epidemiology
Control measures
| Measures already applied |
- Movement control inside the country
- Screening
- Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s)
- Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
- Dipping / Spraying
- Quarantine
- Stamping out
- Zoning
- Vaccination permitted
- No treatment of affected animals
|
| Measures to be applied |
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Diagnostic test results
| Laboratory name and type |
Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (national reference laboratory for FMD) (National laboratory) |
| Tests and results |
| Species |
Test |
Test date |
Result |
| Cattle |
liquid-phase (LP) blocking ELISA |
13/02/2007 |
Positive |
| Cattle |
reverse transcription – polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) |
13/02/2007 |
Positive |
| Cattle |
virus isolation |
13/02/2007 |
Positive |
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Map of outbreak locations
| Location of current outbreaks |
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