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Published Date: 2012-01-16 12:32:54
Subject: PRO/EAFR> African swine fever - South Africa: (Mpumalanga) OIE
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AFRICAN SWINE FEVER, SOUTH AFRICA: (MPUMALANGA) OIE
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Date: Fri 13 Jan 2012
Source: OIE, WAHID (World Animal Health Information Database), weekly
disease information 2012; 25(3) [edited]
http://web.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=11487

African swine fever, South Africa
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Information received on (and dated) 13 Jan 2012 from Dr Bothle
Michael Modisane, Chief Director, Department of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries, Animal Production and Health, Pretoria, South Africa

Report type: immediate notification
Start date: 3 Jan 2012
Date of 1st confirmation of the event: 6 Jan 2012
Report date: 13 Jan 2012
Date submitted to OIE: 13 Jan 2012
Reason for notification: reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: January 2011
Manifestation of disease: clinical disease
Causal agent: African swine fever virus
Nature of diagnosis: laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to the whole country

New outbreaks
Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 1
Outbreak 1 (ASF_2012_001): ASF_2012_001, Delmas, Mpumalanga
Date of start of the outbreak: 3 Jan 2012
Outbreak status: continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit: Farm
Affected animals
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Destroyed / Slaughtered
Swine / 80 / 35 / 28 / 52 / 0
Affected population: pigs found to be sick at an abattoir in Gauteng.
No pigs left on farm and abattoir also empty.

Outbreak statistics
Species / Apparent morbidity rate / Apparent mortality rate /
Apparent case fatality rate / Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Swine / 43.75 percent / 35 percent / 80 percent / 100 percent
* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction,
and/or slaughter

Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments: outbreak occurred outside South Africa's
ASF control zone. The source of the outbreak is being investigated.

Control measures
Measures applied: stamping out; quarantine; movement control inside
the country; disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s); no
vaccination; no treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied: no other measures

Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type: Transboundary Animal Diseases Programme,
ARC-OVI (national laboratory)
Tests and results
Species / Test / Test date / Result
Swine / polymerase chain reaction (PCR) / 6 Jan 2012 / Positive

Future reporting
The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

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[Maps of South Africa can be seen athttp://healthmap.org/r/1Ewu
andhttp://www.sa-venues.com/maps/south-africa-provinces.htm. The
location of outbreak can be seen on the map included in the OIE
report at the source URL above.

Based on OIE-WAHID reports African swine fever continues to be
present in the Central African Republic, Chad, Kenya, South Africa,
and Tanzania whilst the disease is listed as endemic in Nigeria; see
http://web.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=disease_immediate_summary&disease_type=Terrestrial&disease_id=12.
- Mod.NM]

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