Classical Swine Fever in Luxembourg
LUXEMBOURG - A report (via OIE) of the Classical Swine Fever outbreak in the County of Redange.
14 August 2003
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See also: 21 June 2002,
7 June 2002,
5 April 2002,
15 March 2002,
1 March 2002,
1 March 2002,
22 February 2002
(Date of previous outbreak of classical swine fever in domestic pigs in Luxembourg reported to the OIE: October 2002).
Emergency report
Translation of information received on 14 August 2003 from Dr Arthur Besch, Director of the Veterinary Services Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Viticulture and Rural Development, Luxembourg:
Report date: 14 August 2003.
Date of suspicion: 12 August 2003.
Date of confirmation of diagnosis: 13 August 2003.
Outbreaks:
| Registration No. | Location |
| 2003/01 | Locality of Buschrodt, County of Redange (central-western part of the country) |
Description of affected population: breeding/fattening farm with 1,095 pigs.
Source of agent/origin of infection: the first epidemiological investigations indicate a possible contact with wild boar, as a wild pig killed at 3 km distance from the farm gave positive PCR(1) results on 13 August 2003.
Control measures:
- On 13 August 2003 stamping out was applied on this farm, on a pig farm with 122 pigs, located within the 1-km-radius zone, as well as on a contact farm with 134 pigs.
- Until further notice, there is a ban on all pig movements in Luxembourg, with the exception of transportation to slaughterhouses.
(1) PCR: polymerase chain reaction
Source: OFFICE INTERNATIONAL DES EPIZOOTIES - 14th August 2003
