Published Date: 2010-05-29 16:00:04
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Vesicular stomatitis, equine - USA (02): (AZ)
Archive Number: 20100529.1785
VESICULAR STOMATITIS, EQUINE - USA (02): (ARIZONA), OIE
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Date: 29 May 2010
Source: OIE WAHID (World Animal Health Information Database) Disease
Information 2010; 23(21) [edited]
<http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=9312>
Vesicular stomatitis, United States of America
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Information received on 27 May 2010 from Dr John Clifford, Deputy
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United
States Department of Agriculture, Washington, United States of America
Summary
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Report type Immediate notification
Start date 17 May 2010
Date of 1st confirmation of the event 25 May 2010
Report date 27 May 2010
Date submitted to OIE 27 May 2010
Reason for notification: Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence August 2009
Manifestation of disease: Clinical disease
Causal agent: Vesicular stomatitis virus
Serotype: New Jersey
Nature of diagnosis Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to the whole country
New outbreaks
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Outbreak 1 Cochise County, Cochise, Arizona
Date of start of the outbreak 17 May 2010
Outbreak status: Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit: Farm
Affected animals
Species Cattle
Susceptible 5
Cases 0
Deaths 0
Destroyed 0
Slaughtered 0
Species Equidae
Susceptible 5
Cases 3
Deaths 0
Destroyed 0
Slaughtered 0
Epidemiology - Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection-
Unknown or inconclusive; Vectors?
Epidemiological comments: The USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) and the Arizona Department of Agriculture have
initiated a comprehensive epidemiological investigation of the event.
Control measures - Measures applied. Control of arthropods;
Quarantine; Vaccination prohibited;
No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied - No other measures
Laboratory name and type: National Veterinary Services Laboratory
(National laboratory)
Species Equidae
Test competitive ELISA (c-ELISA)
Test date 25 May 2010
Result Positive
Species Equidae
Test complement fixation test (CFT)
Test date 26 May 2010
Result Positive
Future Reporting
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The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.
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[Over the past few years, we have seen several outbreaks of varying
size and geographic dispersion in the United States. In 2009, an
outbreak was limited to horses in New Mexico (3 premises and 4 total
horses) and Texas (2 premises and 3 total horses). In the 3 previous
U.S. outbreaks, both horses and cattle were involved.
In 2006, there was an outbreak limited to Wyoming affecting 9 premises
and 2 counties. However, in 2005, a much more extensive outbreak
occurred in both cattle and horses. There were 445 premises in 69
counties spanning the states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming; i.e., large portions of the Rocky
Mountains areas in the western United States. In 2004, there were 294
outbreak premises, in 43 counties covering the western states of
Colorado, New Mexico and Texas.
The strain this year [2010] is again New Jersey as it has been for the
last several outbreaks. This year, let's hope we get a year with less
extensive spread rather than one of those years with multiple states
and multiple species involved.
Further surveillance details,maps and a nice PowerPoint on previous
U.S outbreaks by Sabrina Swenson, Lynn Creekmore, and Larry White can
be found at the USDA-APHIS website at
<http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/nahss/equine/vsv/> - Mod.PC]
[The epidemiology of VSV is an enigma. It has been isolated from a
wide range of biting insects, and sandflies (_Lutzomyia_ spp.) are
principal suspects, but not proven. It is not known how the virus
persists between years with major outbreaks, in widely separated
localities; a wild reservoir host has not been identified. - Mod.JW]
[The interactive HealthMap/ProMED map for Arizona is available at:
<http://healthmap.org/r/007G> - CopyEd.EJP]
See Also
Vesicular stomatitis, equine - USA: (AZ) 20100529.17842009
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Vesicular stomatitis, equine - USA (03): (NM) 20090623.2294
Vesicular stomatitis, equine - USA (02): (TX) 20090616.2230
Vesicular stomatitis, equine - USA: (TX) 20090613.2188
2006
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Vesicular stomatitis, equine - USA (WY)(02): OIE 20060825.2395
2005
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Vesicular stomatitis - USA (Western states) 20051029.3155
Vesicular stomatitis, equine & bovine - USA (NE) 20051006.2911
Vesicular stomatitis, equine - USA: WY, MT 20050824.2506
Vesicular stomatitis, equine - USA (CO) 20050809.2327
Vesicular stomatitis, equine - USA (UT,AZ) 20050620.1733
Vesicular stomatitis, equine - USA (TX) 20050520.1395
Vesicular stomatitis, equine - USA (NM)(02) 20050504.1234
Vesicular stomatitis, equine & bovine - USA (NM): OIE 20050430.1202
2004
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Vesicular stomatitis, equine - USA (CO)(02) 20041124.3148
Vesicular stomatitis, equine, bovine - USA (multistate) (02) 20040908.2505
Vesicular stomatitis, equine, bovine - USA (TX, NM, CO): OIE (03)
20040802.2110
Vesicular stomatitis, bovine - USA (TX)(05): OIE 20040706.1806
Vesicular stomatitis, equine, bovine - USA (TX, NM) 20040701.1754
Vesicular stomatitis, equine - USA (TX, NM) 20040619.1640
Vesicular stomatitis, equine - USA (NM) 20040608.1538
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