Classical swine fever in Bulgaria

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Saturday, August 12, 2006

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EU - Follow-up report No. 2 by OIE on the outbreak of Classical Swine Fever in Bulgaria.

Information received on 4 August 2006 from Dr Nikola T. Belev, Delegate of Bulgaria to the OIE:

End of previous report period: 10 March 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [11], 220, dated 16 March 2006).

End of this report period: 4 August 2006.

Precise identification of agent: classical swine fever virus.

Date of first confirmation of the event: 7 February 2006.

Date of start of the event: 3 February 2006.

Clinical disease: yes.

Nature of diagnosis: clinical, post-mortem and laboratory.

New outbreak:

*First administrative division(province)*	*Type of epidemiological unit*	*Name of the location*	*Date of start of the outbreak*	*Spe-cies*	*Number of animals in the outbreak*
*First administrative division(province)*	*Type of epidemiological unit*	*Name of the location*	*Date of start of the outbreak*	*Spe-cies*	*susceptible*	*cases*	*deaths*	*destroyed*	*slaughtered*
Burgas	Farm	Kamenar	28 July 2006	sui	99	3	1	98	0

Diagnosis:

*Laboratory where diagnostic tests were performed*	*Species examined*	*Diagnostic tests used*	*Date*	*Results*
National Reference Laboratory for classical swine fever and African swine fever	sui	immunofluorescence	3 August 2006	positive

Source of outbreak or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive.

Control measures undertaken:

Treatment of affected animals: no.

Vaccination prohibited: yes.

Final report: no.

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