Published Date: 2022-01-25 01:46:44 GMT
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Tunisia (02): (MS) cattle, goat, spread, OIE
Archive Number: 20220125.8701061
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - TUNISIA (02): (MONASTIR) CATTLE, GOAT, SPREAD, OIE
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Date: Fri 21 Jan 2022
Source: OIE-WAHIS (World Animal Health Information System), weekly disease information 2022 [edited]
https://wahis.oie.int/#/report-info?reportId=47133
Foot-and-mouth disease virus (inf. with), Tunisia
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General information
Report type: follow-up report
Started: 4 Jan 2022
Confirmed: 5 Jan 2022
Reported: 21 Jan 2022
Reason for notification: recurrence
Last occurrence: 7 Mar 2019
Causal agent: foot-and-mouth disease [FMD] virus
Serotype: O
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, laboratory
This event pertains to the whole country.
New outbreaks (2)
Summary of outbreaks
Outbreak location 1: Sokrine, Teboulba, Monastir
Started: 8 Jan 2022
Epidemiological unit: farm
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Sheep / 70 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / -
Cattle / 26 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / -
Outbreak location 2: Ouerdanine north, Ouerdanine, Monastir
Started: 8 Jan 2022
Epidemiological unit: farm
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Sheep / 35 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / -
Goats / 6 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / -
Cattle / 13 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / -
Diagnostic test results
Test Name / Category / Test type / Laboratory / Species sampled / Outbreaks / Tested from / Tested until / Result
Virus isolation / microbiological culture / laboratory test / ANSES (Agence nationale de securite sanitaire des aliments et de l'environnement) - laboratoire de la rage et de la faune sauvage de Nancy OIE reference laboratory / cattle / 1 / 18 Jan 2022 / 21 Jan 2022 / pending
Real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) / nucleic acid detection / laboratory test / Institut de la recherche veterinaire, Tunis national laboratory / cattle / 1 / 5 Jan 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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[Up to 21 Jan 2022, 3 FMDV outbreaks in Tunisia (one in Ben Arous and 2 in Monastir governorate) due to the serotype O have been officially reported to the OIE. Clinical signs were observed in cattle and goats.
"The O serotype is divided into 11 topotypes: EAST AFRICA 1 to 4 (EA-1 to -4), SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA), EUROPE-SOUTH AMERICA (EURO-SA), INDONESIA-1 and -2 (ISA-1 and -2), CATHAY, MIDDLE EAST-SOUTH ASIA (ME-SA) and WEST AFRICA (WA)."
(https://www.wrlfmd.org/fmdv-genome/fmd-prototype-strains)
The information regarding the topotype in the current event isn't available yet. Since 2013, 4 distinct FMD viral lineages have been officially recorded in Maghreb countries: O/ME-SA/Ind-2001 and SAT2/ VII between 2013 and 2015, and A/AFRICA/G-IV and O/EA-3 between 2017 and 2019.
In 2021, Libya notified the OIE of reports of 11 outbreaks of FMD in sheep and goats due to serotype A. These outbreaks occurred between February and November 2020 (https://wahis.oie.int/#/report-info?reportId=37168). Also, 3 bovine outbreaks due to serotype O (recorded in June 2021) have been notified to the OIE (https://wahis.oie.int/#/report-info?reportId=41113). Information on the 2 topotypes recorded in Libya in 2020 and 2021 is not available.
More information can be found in European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease's [EUFMD's] most recent 'FMD Quarterly Report' (July - September 2021) at https://www.fao.org/3/cb7379en/cb7379en.pdf. - Mod.SF]
[Subscribers are referred to Mod.CRD's comments in ProMED post 20220115.8700865. A paper including an 'evaluation of human resources needed and comparison with human resources available to implement emergency vaccination in case of FMD outbreaks in Tunisia,' by Marsot, Durand, Ben Hammouda, and others, is available at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268820001284. - Mod.AS
ProMED map of Monastir [Al Munastir], Tunisia: https://promedmail.org/promed-post?place=8701061,32197]
