[Source: OIE, full page: (LINK). Edited.]
Equine influenza, Uruguay
Information received on 02/04/2012 from Doctor Carlos A. Correa Messuti, Delegado de Uruguay ante la OIE, UNIDAD DE ASUNTOS INTERNACIONALES, Direcci?n General de Servicios Ganaderos (DGSG) Ministerio de Ganader?a, Agricultura y Pesca (MGAP), MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay
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Equine influenza, Uruguay
Information received on 02/04/2012 from Doctor Carlos A. Correa Messuti, Delegado de Uruguay ante la OIE, UNIDAD DE ASUNTOS INTERNACIONALES, Direcci?n General de Servicios Ganaderos (DGSG) Ministerio de Ganader?a, Agricultura y Pesca (MGAP), MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay
- Summary
- Report type Immediate notification
- Start date 10/03/2012
- Date of first confirmation of the event 30/03/2012
- Report date 02/04/2012
- Date submitted to OIE 02/04/2012
- Reason for notification Unexpected increase in morbidity or mortality of a listed disease
- Summary description Unexpected and sudden increase in incidence in thoroughbred racehorses
- Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
- Causal agent Equine influenza virus
- Serotype Pending
- This event pertains to the whole country
- Epidemiology
- Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
- Legal movement of animals
- Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
- Epidemiological comments
- Up to the date of the report, the susceptible horse population is in the neighbourhood of Maro?as (Montevideo), includes around 2,500 animals and shows an incidence of 40%.
- Measures applied:
- Any movement of horses out of the country towards any destination is temporarily cancelled.
- Horses in transit towards other countries could leave if they have the health certificate required by the country of destination.
- Competitions are temporarily cancelled in all the racetracks of the country as well as the transit of thoroughbred racehorses intended for competitions.
- Any movement of horses out of the country towards any destination is temporarily cancelled.
- Increased Distribution
- Disease Impact
- Increased ? Total ? Species ? Change
- Incidence ? MONTEVIDEO ? Equidae - 1=>3
- Increased ? Total ? Species ? Change
- Disease Impact
- Control measures
- Measures applied
- Quarantine
- Movement control inside the country
- No vaccination
- No treatment of affected animals
- Measures to be applied
- No other measures
- Measures applied
- Diagnostic test results
- Laboratory name and type INTA-Castelar (National Agricultural Technology Institute), Institute of virology (Argentina) (Regional Reference Laboratory)
- Tests and results: Species ? Test - Test date ? Result
- Equidae - real-time PCR - 30/03/2012 ? Positive
- Tests and results: Species ? Test - Test date ? Result
- Laboratory name and type INTA-Castelar (National Agricultural Technology Institute), Institute of virology (Argentina) (Regional Reference Laboratory)
- Future Reporting
- The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.
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