Schmallenberg virus, Italy (OIE, February 20 2012, edited): 1st Report

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[Source: OIE, full page: (LINK). Edited.]


Schmallenberg virus, Italy


Information received on 20/02/2012 from Prof. Dr. Romano Marabelli, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department for Veterinary Public Health, Food Safety and Collegial Bodies for Health Protection, Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy

• Summary
  • Report type Immediate notification
  • Start date 06/02/2012
  • Date of first confirmation of the event 16/02/2012
  • Report date 20/02/2012
  • Date submitted to OIE 20/02/2012
  • Reason for notification Emerging disease
    • Morbidity 1 scale05
    • Mortality 1 scale05
  • Zoonotic impact No
  • Causal agent Schmallenberg virus
• New outbreaks
  • Outbreak 1 (IT Sch 01) - Sarmede, Treviso, VENETO
    • Date of start of the outbreak 06/02/2012
    • Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
    • Epidemiological unit Farm
    • Affected animals: Species ? Susceptible ? Cases ? Deaths ? Destroyed ? Slaughtered
      • Cattle ? 1 ? 0 ? 0 ? 0 ? 0
      • Goats ? 6 ? 1 ? 1 ? 0 ? 0
      • Affected Population:
        • The number of susceptible animals is the number of breeding goats (1 male - 5 females) present on the farm.
        • A pregnant goat delivered one healthy small sized kid and due to some complications died the day after.
        • At necropsy a dystocic malformed foetus was found, which resulted positive.
        • It was not possible to perform diagnostic examinations on the dead goat.
• Summary of outbreaks
  • Total outbreaks: 1
  • Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible animals lost*
    • Cattle - 0.00% - 0.00% ? ** - 0.00%
    • Goats - 16.67% - 16.67% - 100.00% - 16.67%
    • * Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter
• Epidemiology
  • Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
    • Unknown or inconclusive
• Epidemiological comments
  • The breeding goats present on the farm were born on 1 February 2011 and introduced on 27 April 2011.
  • The bovine was introduced on 12 December 2011 from an Italian farm.
  • No other movements or aborted/malformed foetus were recently registered.
• Control measures
  • Measures applied
    • No vaccination
    • No treatment of affected animals
  • Measures to be applied
    • No other measures
• Diagnostic test results
  • Laboratory name and type Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute (IZS), Teramo (National laboratory)
    • Tests and results: Species ? Test - Test date ? Result
      • Goats - polymerase chain reaction (PCR) - 16/02/2012 ? Positive
• Future Reporting
  • The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

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