Published Date: 2022-04-18 21:27:27 BST
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Mozambique: (TE) cattle, st not typed, OIE
Archive Number: 20220418.8702695
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - MOZAMBIQUE: (TETE) CATTLE, SEROTYPE NOT TYPED, OIE
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Date: Fri 15 Apr 2022
Source: OIE, WAHID (World Animal Health Information Database), weekly disease information 2022 [edited]
https://wahis.oie.int/#/report-info?reportId=52426
Foot-and-mouth disease virus (inf. with), Mozambique
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General information
Report type: immediate notification
Started: 16 Mar 2022
Confirmed: 11 Apr 2022
Reported: 15 Apr 2022
Reason for notification: recurrence
Last occurrence: 13 Aug 2020
Causal agent: foot-and-mouth disease virus
Subtype: not sampled
Nature of diagnosis: clinical
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country.
Outbreak location: Nhantha, Mualadzi, Chifunde, Tete
Date of start of the outbreak: 16 Mar 2022
Epidemiological unit: village
Affected animals
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Cattle / 893 / 36 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Affected population: Cattle of all ages are affected and show salivation and mouth and feet lesions.
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: illegal movement of animals
Domestic control measures applied: traceability, surveillance within the restricted zone, surveillance outside the restricted zone, quarantine, movement control
Diagnostic test results: not available
[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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ProMED
[Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is endemic in Mozambique. The following information is available from the WRLFMD-Pirbright Institute (https://www.wrlfmd.org/southern-africa/mozambique):
FMD virus serotype / Years
O / 1974, 1980
SAT1 / 1955, 1964-1967, 1971, 1974-1975, 1977-1978, 1981, 2002-2003
SAT2 / 1951, 1958, 1960, 1964-1965, 1969-1972, 1977-1981, 1983, 2010, 2014-2016
SAT3 / 1959
"All 3 SAT serotypes are probably endemic in the African buffalo (_Syncerus caffer_) population."
An outbreak of FMD (serotype not typed) was previously reported in cattle at Motaze, Magude, province of Maputo, on 10 Aug 2020. According to the epidemiological comments, "Since the detection of the outbreak, a total of 3142 cattle of 276 farms in infected and neighboring areas were clinically inspected, and no clinical case of foot-and-mouth disease was found. A total of 1850 cattle in the affected area were inspected between November and December 2020 with no clinical case found." See the final report at https://wahis.oie.int/#/report-info?reportId=16682. - Mod.CRD
ProMED map of Tete Province, Mozambique: https://promedmail.org/promed-post?place=8702695,33050]
