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Information received on 12/12/2014 from Dr Jonas Milius, Director of the State Food and Veterinary Service, Siesiku g. 19,, State Food and Veterinary Service, The Republic of Lithuania, VILNIUS, Lithuania Summary

Report type Follow-up report No. 24

Date of start of the event 24/01/2014 Date of pre-confirmation of the 24/01/2014 event Report date 12/12/2014

Date submitted to OIE 12/12/2014

Reason for notification First occurrence of a listed disease

Manifestation of disease Clinical disease

Causal agent African swine fever virus

Nature of diagnosis Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)

This event pertains to the whole country Immediate notification (24/01/2014) Follow-up report No. 1 (24/07/2014) Follow-up report No. 2 (06/08/2014) Follow-up report No. 3 (11/08/2014) Follow-up report No. 4 (13/08/2014) Follow-up report No. 5 (25/08/2014) Follow-up report No. 6 (01/09/2014) Follow-up report No. 7 (03/09/2014) Follow-up report No. 8 (16/09/2014) Follow-up report No. 9 (25/09/2014) Follow-up report No. 10 (30/09/2014) Follow-up report No. 11 (11/10/2014) Related reports Follow-up report No. 12 (15/10/2014) Follow-up report No. 13 (21/10/2014) Follow-up report No. 14 (28/10/2014) Follow-up report No. 15 (31/10/2014) Follow-up report No. 16 (31/10/2014) Follow-up report No. 17 (04/11/2014) Follow-up report No. 18 (04/11/2014) Follow-up report No. 19 (07/11/2014) Follow-up report No. 20 (14/11/2014) Follow-up report No. 21 (21/11/2014) Follow-up report No. 22 (28/11/2014) Follow-up report No. 23 (08/12/2014) Follow-up report No. 24 (12/12/2014) New outbreaks (8) Outbreak 1 Ignalina district municipality, Mielagenai parish, UTENA Date of start of 09/12/2014 the outbreak Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological Not applicable unit Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Affected animals Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 1 1 0 0 In Utena county (Ignalina district municipality, Mielagenai parish), in Part III area under restrictions established in accordance with the Annex to Commission Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU, 1 wild boar (sex not identified, up till one Affected year), approximately at 6 km from the border with Belarus, was found dead and within the framework of the national ASF population programme delivered to National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute for ASF test. ASF was confirmed using real-time PCR. Outbreak 2 Ignalina district municipality, Rimses parish, UTENA Date of start of 09/12/2014 the outbreak Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological Not applicable unit Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Affected animals Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 1 1 0 0 In Utena county (Ignalina district municipality, Rimses parish), in Part III area under restrictions established in accordance with the Annex to Commission Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU, approximately at 1 km from the border with Belarus, 2

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wild boars (approximately one year old) were found dead and within the framework of the national ASF programme Affected delivered to National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute and one out of two wild boars was tested positive for population ASF using real-time PCR. Outbreak 3 Varena district municipality, Jakenai parish, ALYTUS Date of start of 09/12/2014 the outbreak Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological Not applicable unit Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Affected animals Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 1 0 1 0 In Alytus county (Varena district municipality, Jakenai parish), on 7 December, 1 wild boar was hunted (1 year, female), in Part II, in the area under restrictions established in accordance with the Annex to Commission Implementing Decision Affected 2014/709/EU. Samples for ASF testing were collected from the wild boar and sent to the National Food and Veterinary Risk population Assessment Institute within the framework of the national ASF surveillance programme. The result of real-time PCR test performed from blood and organs on 9 December 2014 were positive for ASF. Outbreak 4 Varena district municipality, Merkines parish, ALYTUS Date of start of 09/12/2014 the outbreak Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological Not applicable unit Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Affected animals Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 1 0 1 0 In Alytus county (Varena district municipality, Merkines parish), on 6 December, 1 wild boar was hunted (0,5 years, female), in Part II, in the area under restrictions established in accordance with the Annex to Commission Implementing Decision Affected 2014/709/EU. Samples for ASF testing were collected from the wild boar and sent to the National Food and Veterinary Risk population Assessment Institute within the framework of the national ASF surveillance programme. The result of real-time PCR test performed from blood samples on 9 December 2014 was positive for ASF. Outbreak 5 Varena district municipality, Jakenai parish, ALYTUS Date of start of 09/12/2014 the outbreak Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological Not applicable unit Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Affected animals Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 1 0 1 0 In Alytus county (Varena district municipality, Jakenai parish), on 5 December, 1 wild boar was hunted (2 years old, male), in Part II, in the area under restrictions established in accordance with the Annex to Commission Implementing Decision Affected 2014/709/EU. Samples for ASF testing were collected from the wild boar and sent to the National Food and Veterinary Risk population Assessment Institute within the framework of the national ASF surveillance programme. The result of real-time PCR test performed from blood on 9 December 2014 was positive for ASF. Outbreak 6 district municipality, Bukonys parish, Date of start of 10/12/2014 the outbreak Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological Not applicable unit Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Affected animals Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 1 1 0 0 In (Jonava district municipality, Bukonys parish), in Part I, in the area under restrictions established in accordance with the Annex to Commission Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU, 1 wild boar (approximately 6 months old) Affected was found dead in proximity to Part II (0.5 km). The carcass for ASF testing was collected and sent to the National Food population and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute within the framework of the national ASF program. On 10 December ASF was confirmed using real-time PCR. Outbreak 7 Kupiskis district municipality, Simoniu parish, PANEVEZYS Date of start of 11/12/2014 the outbreak Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological Not applicable unit Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Affected animals Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 1 0 1 0

Affected In Panevezys county (Kupiskis district municipality, Simoniu parish), in the Part III area of the Commission Implementing population Decision 2014/709/EU, 1 wild boar (9 months old, male) was hunted on 8 December and in the framework of the national ASF programme delivered for ASF testing. On 11 December, ASF was confirmed in National Food and Veterinary Risk

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Assessment Institute from blood and organs with real-time PCR. Outbreak 8 Kupiskis district municipality, Skapiskis parish, PANEVEZYS Date of start of 11/12/2014 the outbreak Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological Not applicable unit Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Affected animals Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 1 0 1 0 In Panevezys county (Kupiskis district municipality, Skapiskis parish), in the Part III area of the Commission Implementing Affected Decision 2014/709/EU, 1 wild boar (9 months old, female) was hunted on 6 December and in the framework of the national population ASF programme delivered for ASF testing. On 11 December, ASF was confirmed in the National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute from blood and organs with real-time PCR. Summary of Total outbreaks: 8 outbreaks

Total animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered affected Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 8 3 5 0 Apparent Apparent mortality Apparent case Proportion susceptible Species Outbreak morbidity rate rate fatality rate animals lost* statistics Wild boar:Sus scrofa ** ** 37.50% ** (Suidae) *Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

**Not calculated because of missing information

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Control of wildlife reservoirs Measures applied No vaccination No treatment of affected animals Measures to be applied No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type Species Test Test date Result

National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute (Regional Reference Laboratory) Wild boar real-time PCR 09/12/2014 Positive Future Reporting

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

Map of outbreak locations

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