OIE: Equine influenza, Ecuador

OIE: Equine influenza, Ecuador
submited by kickingbird at Oct, 17, 2018 9:45 AM from OIE

Information received on 16/10/2018 from Dr Patricio Ramiro García Villamarín, Director Ejecutivo, Agencia de Regulación y Control Fito y Zoosanitario - AGROCALIDAD, Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, QUITO, Ecuador

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	10/09/2018
Date of confirmation of the event	17/09/2018
Report date	16/10/2018
Date submitted to OIE	16/10/2018
Reason for notification	First occurrence of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent	Equine influenza virus
Serotype	Not typed
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 10

Outbreak Location

Pichincha ( RUMI?AHUI, RUMI?AHUI, RUMI?AHUI MACHACHI, MACHACHI, MEJIA NANEGAL, NANEGAL, QUITO COTOCOLLAO, COTOCOLLAO, QUITO MACHACHI, MACHACHI, MEJIA GUAMANí, GUAMANí, QUITO SANGOLQUI, SANGOLQUI, RUMI?AHUI )
Chimborazo ( LIZARSABURO, LIZARSABURO, RIOBAMBA )
Santo Domingo De Los Tsachilas ( LUZ DE AMéRICA, LUZ DE AMéRICA, SANTO DOMINGO )
Imbabura ( LA ESPERANZA, LA ESPERANZA, IBARRA )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Equidae	432	111	0	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Equidae	25.69%	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	Following an equestrian event where were concentrated animals dedicated to leisure activities, notifications consistent with respiratory signs were received and allowed to determine, during clinical inspection and via laboratory tests, that it was equine influenza. As a result, holding events in which equines would be concentrated has been prohibited across the whole national territory.

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	Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s)

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Animal Health Diagnostic ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Equidae	competitive ELISA (c-ELISA)	11/09/2018	Positive
Equidae	real-time PCR	17/09/2018	Positive