SCoFCAH 07-08 Nov 2013 Current epidemiological situation

susceptible Affected Culled and Outbreak Type Date sheep goats sheep destroyed primary 19.09.13 38 74 7 112 Kochan 1 primary 04.10.13 225 2 16 227 Kochan 2 secondary 18.10.13 248 15 2 263 Stoilovo, municipality Burgas region

y Date of suspicion: 19 Sep 2013 y Date of laboratory confirmation: 20 September y Stamping out of all susceptible animals on 21 Sep Kochan municipality Blagoevgrad region

The primary outbreak yDate of suspicion: 04 Oct 2013 yDate of laboratory confirmation: 04 Oct yStamping out of all susceptible animals on 08 Oct

The secondary outbreak yDate of suspicion: the evening of 18 Oct 2013 yDate of laboratory confirmation: 18 Oct yStamping out of all susceptible animals on 22 Oct Control measures

Protection and surveillance zones: yStandstill yClinical examinations on daily basis yBan of movement of susceptible animals and products thereof

The South border regions of Burgas, Yambol, Haskovo, Kardjaly, Smolyan and Blagoevgrad: yRegular clinical examinations yBan of susceptible animal movements, except for immediate slaughter yBan of markets for sheep and goats yRaised information campaigns and awareness Sheep pox and goat pox in for the period 1.1.2013- 30. 09. 2013 Exotic diseases penetrated in from Turkey (1951 to 2013)- 10 FMD outbreaks, subtypes O1, O2, A5, SAT 1, Asia 1, 3 outbreaks of sheep pox and goat pox and one outbreak bluetongue, serotype 9

y 1951- FMD, penetrated in Haskovo district- 41 000 affected animals y 1957- FMD- Yambol disttict, Elhovo municipality, Lalkovo(11 km from the Turkish border), Valcha poliana (4 km), Dervent (2 km), Lesovo (4 km) and Iglica (6 km) villages y 1959- FMD, O2 and A5, Yambol district (border with Turkey), 13 outbreaks y 1963- FMD, SAT 1, Yambol district, Strandja village, just on the Turkish border, 120 buffalows, y 1973-1974- Sheep pox and goat pox, Burgas district (Goritsa- 76 km and Pomorie (60 km) villages) and Haskovo region (Zhalty Briag- 47 km), y 1977-FMD, O1, Yambol district, Slamino (37) and Karavelovo (36) villages y 1984- FMD, Asia 1, Matochina- 1 km, (11 cattle, 2010 sheep, 199 goats and 510 pigs), Haskovo district, Radovets- 6 km, (310 cattle, 305 sheep and 297 goats) and Hanovo- 42 km, (631 cattle), villages, Yambol district, Mlekarevo village- 60 km, (400 cattle), Sliven district y 1991- FMD, O1 (O/BUL/1/91), Stefan Karadjovo village- 18 km, Yambol district, 95 heifers and 2 bulls, 420 sheep, 20 km from the Turkish border, 325 000 dollars loses. y 1993- FMD, O1, Simeonovgrad, Haskovo district, 49 km from the Turkish border, farm with 304 cattle, 2 secondary outbreaks near the town- Aivalishka tcheshma and Hijata areas, 386 000 dollars direct loses, 70 000 000 dolars indirect loses (trade restrictions with other countries). y 1995-1996- Sheep pox and goat pox, village, Burgas district, sourse of infection was a sheep from Turkey illegally penetrated in 2 km border zone and joined to herds in Gramatikovo, From 15.81995 till 26.9.1996 12 outbreaks were registered in 5 regions- Burgas, Yambol, Sliven, Haskovo and Stara Zagora. Three of these regons have common border with Turkey- Burgas, Yambol and Haskovo y 1996- FMD, O1, Malko Sharkovo village,Yambol district, 15 km from Turkish border, 131 cattle, 1 512 sheep, 87 goats, 402 pigs, sourse of infection one calf from Turkey in 2 km border zone in Krainovo- just on the Turkish border joint to cattle in Malko Sharkovo y 1999 -. Bluetongue, serotype 9, Slivarovo village, Burgas district, 3 km from the Turkish bored. To the end of September more than 120 outbreaks have been registered in Burgas, Yambol , Haskovo and Kardjaly regions y 2011- O/1 PanAsia, Burgas district, Kosti village-2 km from Turkish border (5 January), Resovo village, just on the border (15 January), Gramaticovo village, 10 km from the border, Kirovo (19 March), 7 km from the border, Bliznak (2 April)- 9 km from the border, Dolno Jabalkovo (7 April)- 6 km from the border. y 2013- Sheep pox and goat pox, Burgas district, Stoilovo village, 6 km from the Turkish border, 112 sheep and goats, Kochan village, Blagoevgrad region, 12 km from the border

Yambol distict is most affected by exotic diseases penetrated from Turkey- 8 times, Burgas district- 5 times and Haskovo district- 5 times Something different should be established in the most risky areas in the European Union referring to exotic diseases (FMD, PPR, SPGP, BT etc., and it is strengthening the surveillance systems and veterinary capacity in regions which have border with Turkey FMD outbreaks in Bulgaria for the period 1972- 2011 FMD outbreaks in Turkey for the period 1.1.2013- 30.09.2013 ThankThank youyou forfor thethe attention!attention!