Classical Swine Fever In Croatia

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Thursday, February 15, 2007

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Classical Swine Fever In Croatia

CROATIA - This is follow up report No.9 via OIE on the Classical Swine Fever outbreak in domestic pigs in Croatia.

Information received on 12/02/2007 from Mr Mate Brstilo, Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Administration, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, ZAGREB, Croatia

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 9
Start date	05/02/2007
Date of confirmation of event	06/02/2007
Report date	12/02/2007
Date submitted to OIE	13/02/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	15/06/2002
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Classical swine fever virus
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
Report pertains to	Entire country
Related reports	Immediate notification (20/07/2006) Follow-up report No. 1 (04/09/2006) Follow-up report No. 2 (06/09/2006) Follow-up report No. 3 (18/09/2006) Follow-up report No. 4 (30/10/2006) Follow-up report No. 5 (15/11/2006) Follow-up report No. 6 (23/11/2006) Follow-up report No. 7 (04/12/2006) Follow-up report No. 8 (18/01/2007) Follow-up report No. 9 (12/02/2007)

New Outbreaks

Outbreak 1

Bijelo Brdo, Bijelo Brdo, Erdut , OSIJECKO-BARANJSKA

Date of start of outbreak

12/02/2007

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not submitted)

Epidemiological unit

Farm

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Swine	86	18	2	84	0

Affected population

fattening pigs and sows. Pigs showed clinical signs of the disease: inappetence, apathy, body temperature over 40ºC, diarrhoea, constipation and signs of central nervous system disorders.

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Swine	20.93%	2.33%	11.11%	100.00%

* Removed from the susceptible population either through death, destruction or slaughter

Epidemiology

Source of infection

Contact with wild Species

Control measures

Measures already applied	Movement control inside the country Screening Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Quarantine Stamping out Control of wildlife reservoirs Zoning Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	None specified