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Timor-Leste - 100 outbreaks of African swine fever in smallholder pig farms in Dili Municipality (OIE, September 27, 2019)
Timor-Leste - 100 outbreaks of African swine fever in smallholder pig farms in Dili Municipality (OIE, September 27, 2019)
African swine fever,
Timor-Leste
Information received on 27/09/2019 from Dr Da Costa Jong Joanita Bendita, National Director of Veterinary Directorate, Veterinary Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dili, Timor-Leste
Summary
Report type
Immediate notification
Date of start of the event
09/09/2019
Date of confirmation of the event
26/09/2019
Report date
27/09/2019
Date submitted to OIE
27/09/2019
Reason for notification
First occurrence of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent
African swine fever virus
Nature of diagnosis
Clinical, Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to
the whole country
New outbreaks (100)
Outbreak cluster 1
Dili Municipality, Timor Leste (100 outbreaks)
Date of start of the outbreak
09/09/2019
Outbreak status
Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit
Backyard
Affected animals
Species
Susceptible
Cases
Deaths
Killed and disposed of
Slaughtered
Swine
405
405
Affected population
A hundred outbreaks in smallholder pig farms in Dili Municipality. The total number of pigs in smallholder farms in the Dili Municipality is estimated to be 44,000 pigs based on 2015 census data.
Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 100
Total animals affected
Species
Susceptible
Cases
Deaths
Killed and disposed of
Slaughtered
Swine
405
405
Outbreak statistics
Species
Apparent morbidity rate
Apparent mortality rate
Apparent case fatality rate
Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Swine
**
**
100.00%
**
*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter
**Not calculated because of missing information
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments
Unconfirmed reports of pig deaths in Baucau and Liquica municipalities.
Control measures
Measures applied
Movement control inside the country
Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone
Quarantine
Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists)
No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied
No other measures
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type
Species
Test
Test date
Result
Australian Animal Health Laboratory (Foreign laboratory)
Swine
real-time PCR
26/09/2019
Positive
Future Reporting
The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.
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East Timor reports African swine fever outbreaks
September 30, 2019 / 6:57 AM / Updated 2 hours ago
PARIS (Reuters) - East Timor reported outbreaks of African swine fever last week, the first occurrence near its border with giant neighbor Indonesia of a virus that killed millions of pigs around Asia, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said.
A hundred outbreaks killed a total of 405 backyard pigs from smallholders’ farms in the Dili municipal region in the country’s north, East Timor’s agriculture ministry said in a report posted on the website of the Paris-based OIE.
The tiny Pacific nation of East Timor shares an island with Indonesia’s province of East Nusa Tenggara and is located north of Australia...
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