OIE: Equine influenza, Israel

Information received on 16/07/2017 from Dr Nadav Galon, Director, Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, BET DAGAN, Israel

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	08/06/2017
Date of confirmation of the event	15/07/2017
Report date	16/07/2017
Date submitted to OIE	17/07/2017
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	11/2013
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Equine influenza virus
Serotype	H3N8
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 7

Outbreak Location

HAMERKAZ ( MA´´AS, Petach-Tiqwa QIDRON, Rehovot NEZER SERENI, Ramala )
HADAROM ( TEL SHEVA, Beer-Sheva )
HAZAFON ( NAHARIYYA, Acco ZIPPORI, Yizreel )
HAIFA ( PARDES HANNA-KARKUR, Hadera )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Equidae	135	73	0	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Equidae	54.07%	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
Epidemiological comments	A febrile disease was reported in mid-June. Nasal swabs and blood samples were collected from suspected stables. Equine influenza is not common in Israel and was not detected since 11/2013. The samples were sent for confirmation to the OIE reference laboratory.

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s) Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Screening Quarantine Zoning Disinfection No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Kimron Veterinary Institute ( National laboratory )

Tests and results