See also: 21 September 2006, 14 September 2006, 7 September 2006, 20 July 2006

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
						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

Further Information

Information on Classical Swine Fever

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