Published Date: 2010-07-23 11:00:04
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Bluetongue, ovine - Morocco: BTV-4, BTV-1, OIE
Archive Number: 20100723.2466
BLUETONGUE, OVINE - MOROCCO: BTV-4, BTV-1, OIE
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[1] BTV-4
[2] BTV-1
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[1] BTV-4
Date: Wed 21 Jul 2010
Source: OIE, WAHID (World Animal Health Information Database), weekly
disease information 2010; 23(29) [edited]
<http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=9531>
Bluetongue, Morocco
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Information received on (and dated) 21 Jul 2010 from Dr Hamid
Benazzou, director of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock
and Fisheries, Rabat, Morocco
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Start date: 10 Jul 2010
Date of 1st confirmation of the event: 14 Jul 2010
Report date: 21 Jul 2010
Date submitted to OIE: 21 Jul 2010
Reason for notification: reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: December 2009
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
[Because of the large number of outbreaks, only a summary containing
the location and date of onset for disease is presented here. Numbers
of animals affected in different outcome categories are summarized at
the end of this posting. For full details and a map of outbreak
locations see the OIE WAHID reference above. - Mod.PC]
New outbreaks
Outbreak No. / Location / Date of start of the outbreak
1: Ouled mlik 1, Haddada, Kenitra, Nord Ouest / 10 Jul 2010
2: Aboubyene, Haddada, Kenitra, Nord Ouest / 11 Jul 2010
3: Aday, Tafraout, Tiznit, Sud / 11 Jul 2010
4: Mgadid, Haddada, Kenitra, Nord Ouest / 11 Jul 2010
5: Ait tamar, Irigh ntahala, Tiznit, Sud / 11 Jul 2010
6: Ouled mlik, Haddada, Kenitra, Nord Ouest / 11 Jul 2010
7: Ouled mlik 2, Haddada, Kenitra, Nord Ouest / 10 Jul 2010
8: Ouled mlik 3, Haddada, Kenitra, Nord Ouest / 10 Jul 2010
9: Ait oumbirt, El maader el kabir, Tiznit, Sud / 10 Jul 2010
10: Daya elhaya, Ameur seflia, Kenitra, Nord Ouest / 10 Jul 2010
11: Tourirt 2, Arbaa rasmouka, Tiznit, Sud / 10 Jul 2010
12: Dait aicha 2, Kceibya, Sidi Slimane, Nord Ouest / 10 Jul 2010
13: Dait aicha, Kceibya, Sidi Slimane, Nord Ouest / 12 Jul 2010
14: Tourirt 1, Arbaa rasmouka, Tiznit, Sud / 10 Jul 2010
15: Dait aicha 1, Kceibya, Sidi Slimane, Nord Ouest / 10 Jul 2010
16: Aglagal, Tafraout, Tiznit, Sud / 11 Jul 2010
Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 16
Total animals affected:
Species: sheep
Susceptible: 3213
Cases: 84
Deaths: 13
Destroyed: --
Slaughtered: --
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: vectors
Epidemiological comments: serotype 1 is also present in Tourirt 1,
Aday, and Ait tamar (Tiznit) outbreaks.
Control measures
Measures applied: control of arthropods; quarantine; screening;
vaccination in response to the outbreak(s); modified stamping out; no
treatment of affected animals
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type: Biopharma, Rabat (national laboratory)
Species: sheep
Test: reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)
Test date: 14 Jul 2010
Result: positive
Future reporting
The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.
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[2] BTV-1
Date: Wed 21 Jul 2010
Source: OIE, WAHID (World Animal Health Information Database), weekly
disease information 2010; 23(29) [edited]
<http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=9530>
Bluetongue, Morocco
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Information received on (and dated) 21 Jul 2010 from Dr Hamid
Benazzou, director of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock
and Fisheries, Rabat, Morocco
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Start date: 10 Jul 2010
Date of first confirmation of the event: 14 Jul 2010
Report date: 21 Jul 2010
Date submitted to OIE: 21 Jul 2010
Reason for notification: reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: December 2009
Manifestation of disease: clinical disease
Causal agent: Bluetongue virus
Serotype 1
Nature of diagnosis: suspicion, clinical, laboratory (basic),
laboratory (advanced), necropsy
This event pertains to the whole country
[Because of the large number of outbreaks, only a summary containing
the location and date of onset for disease is presented here. Numbers
of animals affected in different outcome categories are summarized at
the end of this posting. For full details and a map of outbreak
locations see the OIE WAHID reference above. - Mod.PC]
New outbreaks
Outbreak No.: Location / Date of start of the outbreak
1: Igli, Igli, Taroudannt, Sud / 12 Jul 2010
2: Ait tamar, Irigh ntahala, Tiznit, Sud / 11 Jul 2010
3: Tourirt, Arbaa rasmouka, Tiznit, Sud / 10 Jul 2010
4: Ait daoud, Tarsouat, Tiznit, Sud / 11 Jul 2010
5: Tamda, Lamnizla, Taroudannt, Sud / 10 Jul 2010
6: Aday, Tafraout, Tiznit, Sud
Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 6
Total animals affected:
Species: Sheep
Susceptible: 1069
Cases: 20
Deaths: 3
Destroyed: --
Slaughtered: --
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: vectors
Control measures
Measures applied: control of arthropods; quarantine; screening;
vaccination in response to the outbreak(s); modified stamping out; no
treatment of affected animals
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type: Biopharma, Rabat (national laboratory)
Species: sheep
Test: reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)
Test date: 14 Jul 2010
Result: positive
Future reporting
The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.
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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
<promed@promedmail.org>
[Bluetongue has a marked seasonal distribution in the region
beginning right on schedule this year (2010) in the June-July time
frame and lasting until around the October-November.
We have seen mixed BTV-4 and BTV-1 infections previously and the
epidemiologic comments appended to the BTV-4 report indicate that 3
locations were indeed mixed infections with serotype 1 also present
at these 3 locations. The 22 outbreaks contained in both reports are
spread throughout the country and this is the season, so we can
expect more cases in the near future.
The OIE timeline report indicates that clinical disease was confirmed
in Tunisia, Algeria, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Lesotho
between 2005 and 2009. - Mods.PC/NM]
[The HealtMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Morocco can be seen at
<http://healthmap.org/r/010C>. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]
See Also
Bluetongue, bovine - Algeria: (EB), OIE, BTV-4 20100205.03962009
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Bluetongue, ovine - Morocco: OIE, BTV-1 20091002.3432
Bluetongue, ovine - Algeria: OIE, BTV-1 20090916.3249
Bluetongue, ovine - Morocco (02): OIE, BTV-1, BTV-4 20091103.3785
Bluetongue, ovine - Tunisia: (SZ, GF), OIE 20091023.3661
2006
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Bluetongue, ovine - Tunisia: OIE 20061130.3393
Bluetongue, ovine - Morocco (03): BTV-1 20061125.3348
Bluetongue, ovine - Morocco (02) 20061121.3316
Bluetongue, ovine - Morocco 20061031.3118
Bluetongue, sheep - Algeria (02): OIE 20060925.2735
Bluetongue, ovine, bovine - Algeria (M'sila) 20060911.2574
Bluetongue, sheep - Algeria 20060726.2054
2004
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Bluetongue, ruminants - Morocco (02) 20040925.2649
Bluetongue, ruminants - Morocco 20040918.2582
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