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Disease Information
23 January 2004

Foot and mouth disease in Israel

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN ISRAEL

(Date of previous outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Israel reported to the OIE: September 1999).

Emergency report

Information received on 20 January 2004 from Dr Oded Nir, Director of Veterinary and Animal Health Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Beit-Dagan:

Date of the report: 20 January 2004.

A suspected outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) has been reported in the village of Zarzir, in Yizreel district. Thirty calves in a feedlot of 260 vaccinated steers showed typical clinical signs of FMD.

Initial laboratory testing was carried out at the Kimron Veterinary Institute, Beit-Dagan. The antigen ELISA(1) tests were positive for FMD type O. Further laboratory tests, including virus isolation and typing, are in progress.

Control measures:

The Israeli Veterinary Services have taken steps to prevent the spread of the disease:

– quarantine and movement restrictions;

– booster ring vaccination within a 10-km radius of the outbreak.

Two outbreaks of FMD have been confirmed.

Outbreaks:

Location No. of outbreaks
village of Zarzir, Yizreel district (near Nazareth) 1
Givati, Ashkelon district (in the southern part of the country) 1

Description of affected population: in both outbreaks calves in feedlot were vaccinated six months ago against FMD with a polyvalent vaccine which included virus strain type O.

Total number of animals in the outbreaks:

species susceptible cases deaths destroyed slaughtered bov 827 66 0 0 0

Diagnosis:

A. Laboratory where diagnosis was made: Kimron Veterinary Institute, Beit-Dagan.

B. Diagnostic tests used: ELISA(1), virus isolation and typing.

C. Causal agent: FMD virus type O.

Epidemiology:

A. Source of agent / origin of infection: under investigation.

B. Mode of spread: animal movement.

Control measures: see report dated 20 January 2004 (above).

(1) ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay