Published Date: 2011-12-08 14:20:12
Subject: PRO/AH> African swine fever - Russia (17): (SR) spread, OIE
Archive Number: 20111208.3551

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER - RUSSIA (17): (SARATOV) SPREAD, OIE
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Date: Mon 5 Dec 2011
Source: OIE, WAHID (World Animal Health Information Database), weekly
disease information 2011; 24(49) [summ., edited]
http://web.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=11358


African swine fever, Russia
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Information received on (and dated) 5 Dec 2011 from Dr Nicolay Vlasov,
chief veterinary officer, Veterinary services, Ministry of Agriculture
and Food, Moscow, Russia

Summary
Report type: follow-up report no.73
Date submitted to OIE: 5 Dec 2011
Manifestation of disease: clinical disease
Causal agent: African swine fever virus
Nature of diagnosis: suspicion, clinical, laboratory (basic),
laboratory (advanced), necropsy
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks
[The follow-up report addresses 5 outbreaks summarised as follows:
1. Domestic pigs in the hamlet Vostochny Sosyk, Starominsky district,
Krasnodar territory, starting 19 Nov 2011.
2. Wild boars in he State preserve "Leschevsky", Sredneakhtubinsky
municipal district, Volgograd region, starting 13 Oct 2011.
3. Domestic pigs in the settlement Vidim, Volsky district, Saratov
region, starting 28 Nov 2011.
4. Wild boars in the game husbandry "Vyshnevolotsky", Vyshnevolotsky
district, Tver region, starting 14 Nov 2011.
5. Wild boars on the island Sarpinsky, Volgograd, Volgograd region,
starting 27 Oct 2011.

For the full details on each of these outbreaks and a map showing
their location please go to the source URL above. - Mod.AS]

Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 5
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Destroyed / Slaughtered
Swine [Domestic pigs] / 263 / 44 / 20 / 243 / 0
Wild species / 218 / 11 / 11 / 4 / 0

Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: unknown or
inconclusive; under investigation

Control measures
Measures applied:
- Control of wildlife reservoirs
- Stamping out
- Quarantine
- Movement control inside the country
- Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
- Vaccination prohibited
- No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied: no other measures

Diagnostic test results
a. Laboratory name and type: Federal Scientific Institution,
All-Russia Scientific Institute of Veterinary Virology and
Microbiology, Pokrov (national laboratory)
Tests and results:
Species / Test / Test date / Result
Wild species / direct immunofluorescence (DIF) test / 26 Nov 2011 /
Positive
Wild species / polymerase chain reaction (PCR) / 26 Nov 2011 /
Positive

b. Laboratory name and type: Kray Veterinary Laboratory of Kropotkin
(regional reference laboratory)
Tests and results:
Species / Test / Test date / Result
Swine / polymerase chain reaction (PCR) / 21 Nov 2011 / Positive

c. Laboratory name and type: Saratov Interoblast Veterinary Laboratory
(regional reference laboratory)
Tests and results:
Species / Test / Test date / Result
Swine / direct immunofluorescence (DIF) test / 30 Nov 2011 / Positive
Swine / polymerase chain reaction (PCR) / 30 Nov 2011 / Positive

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[The information above includes one outbreak (no.3) which is the 1st
one to be reported from the Saratov region since the start of the
current Russian ASF epizootic in September 2009. Saratov is situated
in south west Russia (see map at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russian-regions.png)
bordering Kazakhstan on its south, the Volgograd region (no.21) on its
west and the oblast Samara (no.15) on its east.

We are grateful to Andrey E Gogin and Anton Gorin for initially
drawing our attention to the new spread of ASF to Saratov.

A map showing all 164 ASF outbreaks accumulated in Russia since
September 2009, as well as links to the initial notification and to
the 73 follow-up reports, is available at
http://web.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=event_summary&reportid=8462.
- Mod.AS]

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