Classical Swine Fever In Croatia

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Classical Swine Fever In Croatia

CROATIA - This is follow up report No.4 via OIE on the Classical Swine Fever outbreak in domestic pigs in Croatia.

Information received on 31 October 2006 from Dr Mate Brstilo, Director of the Veterinary Administration, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Zagreb:

End of previous report period: 18 September 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [38], 668, dated 21 September 2006).

End of this report period: 30 October 2006.

Identification of agent: classical swine fever virus.

Date of first confirmation of the event: 19 July 2006.

Date of start of the event: 17 July 2006.

Clinical disease: yes.

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

New outbreaks:

First admini- strative division (county)	Lower admini- strative division	*Type of epide-miolo-gical unit*	*Name of the location*	Date of start of the out- break	*Spe-cies*	*Number of animals in the outbreaks*
First admini- strative division (county)	Lower admini- strative division	*Type of epide-miolo-gical unit*	*Name of the location*	Date of start of the out- break	*Spe-cies*	susce- ptible	*cases*	*deaths*	dest- royed	slaugh- tered
Sisac ko-mosl avacka	Sela	farm	Sela	26 Oct. 2006	sui	4	4	1	3	0
Osjec ko-bara njska	Erdut	farm	Lipo vaca Prkos	13 Oct. 2006	sui	3,607	157	157	3,450	0

Description of affected population:

- outbreak in Sisacko-moslavacka county: pigs in a small family-run farm.

- outbreak in Osjecko-baranjska county: fattening pigs and sows in a farm with 8 production units.

Diagnosis:

*Laboratory where diagnostic tests were performed*	*Species examined*	*Diagnostic test used*	*Date*	*Result*
Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb	sui	ELISA⁽¹⁾	27 October 2006	positive

Source of outbreaks or origin of infection: swill feeding suspected in the outbreak in Sisacko-moslavacka county; unknown or inconclusive in the outbreak in Osjecko-baranjska county.

Control measures undertaken:

- stamping out;

- quarantine;

- movement control inside the country;

- screening;

- zoning;

- disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s).

Treatment of affected animals: no.

Vaccination prohibited: yes.

Final report: no.

(1) ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay