Published Date: 2009-11-03 04:00:06
Subject: PRO/AH> Bluetongue, ovine - Morocco (02): OIE, BTV-1, BTV-4
Archive Number: 20091103.3785
BLUETONGUE, OVINE - MOROCCO (02): OIE, BTV-1, BTV-4
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Date: Mon 2 Nov 2009
Source: OIE website [edited]
<http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=8605>
Information received on 30 Oct 2009 from Dr Hamid Benazzou, directeur de
l'elevage, Direction de l'Elevage, Ministere de l'agriculture et de la
peche maritime, RABAT, Morocco
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Start date: 18 Oct 2009
Date of 1st confirmation of the event: 26 Oct 2009
Report date: 28 Oct 2009
Date submitted to OIE: 30 Oct 2009
Reason for notification: reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: Nov 2007
Manifestation of disease: clinical disease
Causal agent: Bluetongue virus
Serotype: 4
Nature of diagnosis: suspicion, clinical, laboratory (basic), laboratory
(advanced), necropsy
This event pertains to the whole country
New outbreaks
Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 6
Location(s)
Tensift: (Ouled Rahou 2, Oulad Imloul, El Kelaa; Tahanaout, Tahannaout, Al
Haouz; Bouhoula, Tlauh, El Kelaa; Lablane, Fraita, El Kelaa; Ouled Rahou 1,
Oulad Imloul, El Kelaa)
Centre Sud: (Ait Hani, Ait Hani, Errachidia)
Total animals affected
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Destroyed / Slaughtered
Sheep / 1341 / 16 / 2 / - / -
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments: serotype 1 is also present in Tahannaout (Al
Haouz) and Ait Hani (Errachidia) outbreaks.
Control measures
Measures applied:
- control of arthropods;
- quarantine;
- vaccination in response to the outbreak(s);
- disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s);
- dipping/spraying;
- no treatment of affected animals
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type: Biopharma, Rabat (National laboratory)
Tests and results
Species / Test /Test date / Result
Sheep / reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) / 26 Oct
2009 / positive
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[Bluetongue has a strikingly seasonal pattern. October-November are
traditionally the peak months in the Mediterranean basin. The notification
includes a map. - Mod.AS]
See Also
Bluetongue, ovine - Morocco: OIE 20091002.34322006
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Bluetongue, ovine - Morocco (03): BTV-1 20061125.3348
Bluetongue, ovine - Morocco (02) 20061121.3316
Bluetongue, ovine - Morocco 20061031.3118
2004
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Bluetongue, ruminants - Morocco (02) 20040925.2649
Bluetongue, ruminants - Morocco 20040918.2582
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