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Published Date: 2012-08-01 14:42:22
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> African swine fever - Ukraine (02): (ZP) OIE, 1st case
Archive Number: 20120801.1224265

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER - UKRAINE (02): (ZHAPORIZHIA), OIE, FIRST CASE
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African swine fever, Ukraine
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Information received on 31 Jul 2012 from Dr Ivan Bisiuk, Head, State Committee for Veterinary Medicine, Ministry of Agricultural Policy, Kiev, Ukraine

Summary
Report type Immediate notification
Start date 30 Jul 2012
Date of 1st confirmation of the event 31 Jul 2012
Report date 31 Jul 2012
Date submitted to OIE 31 Jul 2012
Reason for notification 1st occurrence of a listed disease
Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
Causal agent African swine fever virus
Nature of diagnosis Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to the whole country

New outbreaks
Outbreak 1 Komyshuvatka, Prymors'kyi, Zaporozh'ye
Date of start of the outbreak 30 Jul 2012
Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit Village

Species Swine
Susceptible 5
Cases 3
Deaths 3
Destroyed 2
Slaughtered 0

Summary of outbreaks Total outbreaks: 1

Epidemiology: Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection Unknown or inconclusive

Epidemiological comments Five animals were maintained in the backyard; 3 of them were affected with nonspecific clinical signs (only fever was observed) and quickly died. The samples taken from the dead animals were analysed by PCR method. The African swine fever virus was detected. A full range of measures to eradicate the outbreak are being carried out.

Control measures
Measures applied

Control of wildlife reservoirs
Stamping out
Quarantine
Movement control inside the country
Screening
Zoning
Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
No vaccination
No treatment of affected animals

Measures to be applied
No other measures

Laboratory name and type State Scientific and Research Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics and Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise (National laboratory)

Species Swine
Test polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
Test date 31 Jul 2012
Result Positive

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

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[African swine fever is simply a devastating disease. It is one of those diseases that no country wants to bear, so it is very unfortunate that Ukraine has its 1st case. It is a horrible disease for the swine involved and is economically devastating. The location in the Ukraine, just near the Sea of Azov, slightly northwest of the Black Sea, is very far from the outbreak reported from Russia near Moscow a few days ago. Such geographically widespread outbreaks are worrisome and should be dealt with with the utmost seriousness, resource allocation, and cooperation between veterinary authorities.

I am reposting below Mod.AS's comments from the Russian outbreak a few days ago about the control of ASF (see African swine fever - Russia (04): (TV), control measures 20120728.1218320). - Mod.PC:

The following relevant commentary is derived from FAO's EMPRES Transboundary Animal Diseases Bulletin No. 40 (July 2012):

"African swine fever (ASF) continues to persist in the endemic southern regions of the Russian Federation, affecting backyard holdings and commercial pig production units. During the 1st half of 2012, the virus again jumped out of its endemic zone to the Republic of Karelia, beyond 63o north and 200 km from the border with Finland, and there is now a growing risk of it becoming endemic in the temperate forest zone in the centre of the eastern European plain. Particularly in Tverskaya Oblast, ASF cases in wild boar have been reported for more than a year (since May 2011). If the virus establishes itself in wild boar populations, several countries in the region -- including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine -- will be at risk of virus introduction from wildlife."

Since the initial introduction of the virus on Russia's border with Georgia in November 2007, 260 outbreaks in domestic and wild swine have been reported from the Russian Federation throughout vast sections of its European part from south to north; see interactive OIE map at http://web.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=event_summary&reportid=8462 (zoom in). - Mod.AS

A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at: http://healthmap.org/r/1z-2.]

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