OIE: Equine influenza, Colombia

OIE: Equine influenza, Colombia
submited by kickingbird at Sep, 30, 2018 11:49 AM from OIE

Information received on 27/09/2018 from Dr Luis Humberto Martínez Lacouture, Gerente General, Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA), Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, Bogotá , Colombia

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 4
Date of start of the event	18/06/2018
Date of confirmation of the event	28/07/2018
Report date	27/09/2018
Date submitted to OIE	27/09/2018
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	03/05/2010
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Equine influenza virus
Serotype	H3N8
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country
Related reports	Immediate notification (31/08/2018) Follow-up report No. 1 (07/09/2018) Follow-up report No. 2 (12/09/2018) Follow-up report No. 3 (21/09/2018) Follow-up report No. 4 (27/09/2018)

New outbreaks (2)

Outbreak 1 (CAQUETá)

San Luis, Ni?a del Cármen, El Paujil, Caquetá

Date of start of the outbreak

13/09/2018

Outbreak status

Resolved (21/09/2018)

Epidemiological unit

Farm

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Equidae	18	6	0	0	0

Affected population

No differentiation according to the type of farm or by age of the affected equine population.

Outbreak 2 (CAQUETá)

Villa Marcela, Morrocoy, El Doncello, Caquetá

Date of start of the outbreak

14/09/2018

Outbreak status

Resolved (21/09/2018)

Epidemiological unit

Farm

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Equidae	12	4	0	0	0

Affected population

No differentiation according to the type of farm or by age of the affected equine population.

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 2

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Equidae	30	10	0	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Equidae	33.33%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Quarantine Disinfection Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists) No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Future Reporting

The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

See Also:

http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=28101

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