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Bulgaria - Outbreak of sheep pox and goat pox on farms in Uzundjovo, Haskovo municipality

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Mary Wilson

Well-known member
Bulgarian Food Safety Agency
18.10.2024 12:13 | UPDATED 18.10.2024 16:41
YOANNA VODENOVA​

HASKOVO, SOUTHERN BULGARIA,​
Two sheep farms infected with smallpox were identified within two days in the Haskovo village of Uzundzhovo, the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) said on its official website on Friday. There were 307 sheep and 217 goats kept in the primary outbreak site and 313 animals were kept in the second site, technologically linked to the primary outbreak site.

Humane culling of the animals was used to prevent the spread of the disease. A three-kilometre protection zone has been established around the outbreak, covering the land of the village of Uzundzhovo. A 10-kilometre surveillance zone around the outbreak has also been marked.

According to the mayor of the village of Uzundzhovo, Dimitar Nichev, there are four local farms where goats and sheep are kept.

Because of the outbreaks, the BABH said it had sent a letter to livestock associations in the country informing them of the imposition of restrictive measures, such as a ban on grazing, trade, movement and transport of small ruminants, to prevent the spread of smallpox elsewhere. ...

https://www.bta.bg/en/news/economy/...tion-identified-in-southern-bulgaria-in-two-d
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I am quite sure they mean sheep pox and not smallpox, something could be lost in translation. There is an ongoing outbreak of sheep pox in the region.
 
Bulgaria - Sheep pox and goat pox - Immediate notification

GENERAL INFORMATION
COUNTRY/TERRITORY OR ZONE
ZONE

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

DISEASE CATEGORY
Listed disease

EVENT ID
5959

DISEASE
Sheep pox and goat pox

CAUSAL AGENT
Sheeppox virus and goatpox virus

GENOTYPE / SEROTYPE / SUBTYPE
-

START DATE
2024/10/15

REASON FOR NOTIFICATION
Recurrence of an eradicated disease

DATE OF LAST OCCURRENCE
2024/09/04

CONFIRMATION DATE
2024/10/16

EVENT STATUS
On-going

END DATE
-

SELF-DECLARATION
NO

REPORT INFORMATION
REPORT NUMBER
Immediate notification

REPORT ID
IN_169825

REPORT REFERENCE
-

REPORT DATE
2024/10/17

REPORT STATUS
Validated

NO EVOLUTION REPORT
-

EPIDEMIOLOGY
SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
Unknown or inconclusive

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
No epidemiological comment

QUANTITATIVE DATA SUMMARY
MEASURING UNIT
Animal
...
NEW OUTBREAKS

OB_141313 - UZUNDJOVO

OUTBREAK REFERENCE
-

START DATE
2024/10/15

END DATE
-

DETAILED CHARACTERISATION
-

FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Haskovo

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Haskovo

THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
-

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Farm

LOCATION
Uzundjovo

Latitude, Longitude
41.9685 , 25.6562

OUTBREAKS IN CLUSTER
-

MEASURING UNIT
Animal

AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
-

SpeciesSusceptibleCasesDeathsKilled and Disposed ofSlaughtered/ Killed for commercial useVaccinated
Goats (DOMESTIC)
NEW 217 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 217 0 0 0 0 0
Sheep (DOMESTIC)
NEW 307 15 15 0 0 0
TOTAL 307 15 15 0 0 0
All species
NEW 524 15 15 0 0 0
TOTAL 524 15 15 0 0 0

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5959​
 
(distance between Kardzhali and Haskove is approximately 50 km)

Bulgaria: Sheep Pox Outbreak Detected near Kardzhali
SOFIA, 19.12.2024 14:58 (BTA)​

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) has detected a primary outbreak of sheep pox in the village of Polkovnik Zhelyazovo, in Kardzhali Region. The disease was detected on a farm with 156 sheep, the regulator reported Thursday. ...

Measures have been taken to control and eradicate the disease in accordance with the rules of European and national legislation - humane killing and disposal of all infected and contact small ruminants on the premises. ...

https://www.bta.bg/en/news/803218-sheep-pox-outbreak-detected-near-kardzhali


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