FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE, BOVINE - CHINA (05): (SHANDONG), SEROTYPE A

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Date: Mon 08 Jun 2009
Source: China News.com [edited]



Type A Foot & Mouth Disease in Shandong's Binzhou City
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The News Office of the Ministry of Agriculture announced this evening
[8 Jun 2009] that Type A Foot & Mouth Disease [FMD] occurred in a
farming area of Bincheng District in Binzhou City of Shandong
Province, confirmed by the National FMD Reference Laboratory. A total
of 33 cows were infected and fell ill.

[Byline: Wang Tong]

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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Dan Silver

[An official immediate notification on the above outbreak was
submitted by China to the OIE on its day of laboratory confirmation,
namely Mon 8 Jun 2009. According to the report, a new FMD virus
strain, namely A, was identified; the control measures included
stamping out, no vaccination. All 290 animals (cattle) on the
holding, including the 33 clinically affected animals, were
destroyed. There were no mortalities. The notification, including a
map, is available at
.

Since the beginning of 2009, China submitted to the OIE 12
notifications on FMD outbreaks, including the current, last one. 5 of
these were immediate notifications on outbreaks caused by a new
strain, as follows:

Location/ Date submitted/ FMDV serotype/ Number Susceptible/ Number
Died/ Number destroyed

Sunwan, Dongxihu, Wuhan, HUBEI/ 22 Jan 2009/ FMDV-A/ 294 cattle/ 5 / 289
Wusi , Fen Xian, SHANGHAI/ 12 Feb 2009/ FMDV-A/ 440 cattle/ 0 / 440
Dengjiayan, Nanzhen, Hanzhong, SHAANXI/ 7 May 2009/ FMDV Asia1/ 57
cattle/ 9/ 48
Huanghualing, Lingchuan, Guilin, GUANGXI/ 15 May 2009/ FMDV-Asia1/ 40
catttle, 60 pigs/ 0, 0 / 40 cattle, 60 pigs
Xi'nan, Lin'gui, Guilin, GUANGXI/ 22 May 2009/ FMDV-A/ 184 cattle,
570 swine/ 0, 0 / 184 cattle, 570 swine
Haixing chaoyang village, Pan, Liupanshui, GUIZHOU/ 22 May 2009/
FMDV-A/ 78 cattle, 19 swine/ 0, 0/ 78 cattle, 19 swine.

FMDV seotype O is known to be endemic in China. Information on the
genotyping of the 2 newly introduced serotypes, A and Asia1, is
anticipated wity interest, as well as data on their pathogenicity in
the various susceptible species (cattle, buffalos, sheep, goats,
pigs). - Mod.AS]

[see also:
Foot & mouth disease, bovine - China (04): (SC) serotype Asia 1 20090403.1283
Foot & mouth disease, bovine - China (03): (HB, SH) serotype A 20090223.0757
Foot & mouth disease, bovine - China (02): (SH) untyped 20090212.0629
Foot & mouth disease, bovine - China: (HB, A), (XJ, Asia1) 20090124.0318
2008
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Foot & mouth disease, bovine - China: (Gansu), OIE 20081115.3610
Foot & mouth disease, yak - China (Qinghai) 20071103.3569
Foot & mouth disease, bovine - China (Gansu) 20070203.0434
Foot & mouth disease - China (Hong Kong) 20070117.0224]
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