Classical Swine Fever In Croatia

CROATIA - This is follow up report No.8 via OIE on the Classical Swine Fever outbreak in domestic pigs in Croatia.

18 January 2007

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Information received on 18/01/2007 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. 8
Start date	17/07/2006
Date of confirmation of event	19/07/2006
Report date	18/01/2007
Date submitted to OIE	18/01/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of 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)

New Outbreaks

Outbreak 1

Bijelo Brdo, Bijelo Brdo, Erdut, OSIJECKO-BARANJSKA

Date of start of outbreak

05/01/2007

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not submitted)

Epidemiological unit

Farm

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Swine	140	7	7	133	0

Affected population

A farm consisting of 140 fattening pigs. On 5 January 2007, the owner noticed clinical signs of constipation, inappetence and apathy. 7 pigs died from 7 to 11 January 2007. Samples were taken and sent to the Croatian Veterinary Institute for analysis.

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Swine	5.00%	5.00%	100.00%	100.00%

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

Epidemiology

Source of infection	Contact with wild Species
Epidemiological comments	The last and the only classical swine fever outbreak in the area of Bijelo Brdo was reported on 31 July 2006.

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