Alberta - 1 new outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in animals in Calgary zoo (WOAH, December 16, 2022)

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Canada - SARS-CoV-2 in animals (Inf. with) - Immediate notification

GENERAL INFORMATION
COUNTRY/TERRITORY OR ZONE
ZONE

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

DISEASE CATEGORY
Emerging

EVENT ID
4751

DISEASE
SARS-CoV-2 in animals (Inf. with)

CAUSAL AGENT
SARS-CoV-2

GENOTYPE / SEROTYPE / SUBTYPE
-

START DATE
2022/11/07

REASON FOR NOTIFICATION
Emerging disease

DATE OF LAST OCCURRENCE
-

CONFIRMATION DATE
2022/11/29

EVENT STATUS
Resolved

END DATE
2022/11/30

SELF-DECLARATION
NO

REPORT INFORMATION
REPORT NUMBER
Immediate notification

REPORT ID
IN_158086

REPORT REFERENCE
CAN-2022-CoV-001

REPORT DATE
2022/12/16

REPORT STATUS
Validated

NO EVOLUTION REPORT
-

EPIDEMIOLOGY
SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
Unknown or inconclusive

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS

Two zoo female lions tested positive to SARS-CoV-2 after an episode of mild respiratory disease. Two male lions also developed clinical signs 48 hours later but were not tested. One of two Amur tigers and one of two Pallas cats also developed similar clinical signs, neither was confirmed positive to SARS-CoV-2. All cats were previously vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2 and all have recovered. The event is now considered resolved.

DISEASE IMPACT
ZOONOTIC POTENTIAL
NO

-

QUANTITATIVE DATA SUMMARY
MEASURING UNIT
Animal

SpeciesSusceptibleCasesDeathsKilled and Disposed ofSlaughtered/ Killed for commercial useVaccinated
Lion (WILD)NEW-2----TOTAL-2----
DIAGNOSTIC DETAILS
CLINICAL SIGNS
YES

METHOD OF DIAGNOSTIC
Diagnostic test

Test name Laboratory Species sampled Outbreaks First result date Latest result date Result
Real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease (NCFAD), Winnipeg, Manitoba Lion 1 2022/11/29 2022/11/29 Positive

CONTROL MEASURES AT EVENT LEVEL
No control measure applied


NEW OUTBREAKS
OB_109605 - AB-2022-COV-001 - CALGARY ZOO
OUTBREAK REFERENCE
AB-2022-CoV-001

START DATE
2022/11/07

END DATE
2022/11/30

DETAILED CHARACTERISATION
-

FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Alberta

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Division No. 6

THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Calgary

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Zoo

LOCATION
Calgary zoo

Latitude, Longitude
51.05 , -114.02

OUTBREAKS IN CLUSTER
-

MEASURING UNIT
Animal

AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
Two adult female lions, vaccinated for COVID, expressing mild clinical signs.

SpeciesSusceptibleCasesDeathsKilled and Disposed ofSlaughtered/ Killed for commercial useVaccinated
Lion (WILD)NEW-2----TOTAL-2----
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https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/4751