Published Date: 2022-05-03 04:20:57 BST
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Algeria: (BJ, GL) cattle, st O, OIE
Archive Number: 20220503.8702983

FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - ALGERIA: (BEJAIA, GUELMA) CATTLE, SEROTYPE O, OIE

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Date: Thu 28 Apr 2022
Source: OIE-WAHID [edited]
https://wahis.oie.int/#/report-info?reportId=53017


Foot-and-mouth disease virus (inf. with), Algeria
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General information
Report type: immediate notification
Started: 28 Mar 2022
Confirmed: 29 Mar 2022
Reported: 28 Apr 2022
Reason for notification: recurrence
Last occurrence: 20 Jun 2019
Causal agent: foot-and-mouth disease virus
Subtype: O
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, laboratory
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country.

Outbreak location 1: Boudjellil, Bejaia
Date of start of the outbreak: 28 Mar 2022
Epidemiological unit: farm
Affected animals
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Cattle / 24 / 8 / 1 / 0 / 0 / -
Affected population: Cattle showed signs suggestive of the disease.

Outbreak location 2: Amizour, Bejaia
Date of start of the outbreak: 31 Mar 2022
Epidemiological unit: farm
Affected animals
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Cattle / 27 / 27 / 1 / 0 / 6 / -

Outbreak location 3: Houri Boumediene, Guelma
Date of start of the outbreak: 17 Apr 2022
Epidemiological unit: farm
Affected animals
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Goats / 35 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / -
Sheep / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / -
Cattle / 41 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / -

Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive

Control measures at event level
Domestic control measures applied: disinfection, quarantine, surveillance outside the restricted zone, movement control, surveillance within the restricted zone

Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type / Species / Test / Test date / Result
Central Veterinary Laboratory, LBY (national laboratory) / cattle / antigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (AC-ELISA) / 29 Mar 2022 / positive
Central Veterinary Laboratory, LBY (national laboratory) / cattle / real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) / 21 Apr 2022 / positive
Central Veterinary Laboratory, LBY (national laboratory) / cattle / real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) / 29 Mar 2022 / positive

[The location of the outbreaks can be seen on the interactive map included in the OIE report at the source URL above.]

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[From June 2018 to June 2019, Algeria reported 317 outbreaks of FMDV serotype O involving small and large ruminants. The event was resolved in June 2019. See the final report on 4 Jun 2020 at https://wahis.oie.int/#/report-info?reportId=15173.

Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered / Vaccinated
Cattle / 1289 / 580 / 21 / 58 / 819 / -
Goats / 3837 / 348 / 195 / 5 / 0 / -
Sheep / 47 020 / 5804 / 2860 / 2 / 0 / -
- Mod.CRD

ProMED maps of Bejaia, Algeria: https://promedmail.org/promed-post?place=8702983,36281 and Guelma, Guelma, Algeria: https://promedmail.org/promed-post?place=8702983,30251]