Sheep pox in for the first time since 1996

SCoFCAH, 7 Oct 2013

Bulgarian Food Safety Agency Animal Health & Welfare Directorate Measures related to the epidemiological situation in Thrace • Since the beginning of August 2013 enforced and regular clinical surveillance in the areas along the Turkish and Geek borders based on the Sheep pox Surveillance area outbreaks in Thrace; Bulgaria • FMD, S&G pox, PPR control in Thrace, BG/GR/TR/EuFMD program; Turkey • Ban for animal movements in the 10 km zone around Dikaia; Greece • Enforced control on animal movements and pastures; • Ban on animal markets in the Sheep pox outbreaks 1 Jan –18 Sep 2013, ADNS areas along the Turkish and parts of the Greek borders; • Raising awareness Settlements in 3 Herds, n Sheep, n Goats, n Total &10 km zone K. Andreevo 44 302 92 438 Generalovo 6 111 2 119 Chernodab 1 64 13 78 Novo Selo 23 263 48 334 Sviilengrad 43 1530 195 1768 R. Mogila 42 113 144 299 Dimitrovche 45 41 230 271 Dimitrios Dilaveris 19 267 84 370 Grand total 223 2691 808 3677 Bulgaria

Measures related to the outbreak in Turkey Dikaia, Greece

Greece Sheep pox outbreak, Stoilovo, Burgas region

• Date of suspicion: the evening of 19 Sep 2013 • Date of laboratory confirmation: 20 Sep Bulgaria • Stamping out of all susceptible animals on 21 Turkey Sep Greece

ID of the herd Sheep, n Goats, n Sheep with clinical signs on 21 Sep, n 5 (3 of them were sampled on 19 Sep 1 8359‐0033 8 2 and tested positive by PCR 2 8359‐0070 9 8 2 3 8359‐0089 19 23 ‐ 4 8359‐0019 2 1 ‐ Common 5 herd of 8 ‐ 40 ‐ owners Grand total 38 74 7

Sheep skin with generalized sheep pox lesions. Electron micrograph of an ultrathin section of a papula. Many capripox virus particles within the cytoplasm of an infected dermal cell. Uranyl acetate ‐ lead citrate staining. Sheep skin with generalized sheep pox lesions. “Sheep‐pox cells” with acidophilic inclusion bodies within the cytoplasm (arrows). Hematoxylin‐eosin staining. Ob. 100X. Bulgaria

Turkey

Settlement in the 10 km Herds, n Sheep, nGoats, ntotal• Standstill; surveillance zone • Clinical examinations Brashlian ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ Kalovo 1 41 55 96 on daily basis; Zabernovo 5 22 128 150 • Ban of movement of Malko Tarnovo 43 603 198 801 animals and products Grand total 49 666 381 1047 there of; New outbreak of Sheep pox in Southwest Bulgaria • The afternoon of 4 Oct – clinical signs of Sheep pox in 16 sheep in a herd of 225 sheep and 2 goats in Kochanovo, Satovcha municipality, Blagoevgrad; • Diagnosis confirmed by NRL on 5 Oct • Veterinary teams on the spot – eradication measures (stamping out)

Bulgaria

10 km

Greece

Settlements, n Sheep & Goats herds 3 km protection zone 3 21 10 km surveillance zone 14 80

• Standstill; • Clinical examinations in the zones and in all south border regions • Ban of movement of animals and products there of; Acknowledgements: Dimitrios Dilaveris and the Greek colleagues, Alf Fuessel and EC, EuFMD, NRL for Sheep pox in Sofia, all official vets implementing the surveillance and control measures along the border……

Thank you for the attention!

Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, Animal Health & Welfare Directorate http://babh.government.bg/ ; e-mail: [email protected] ; 00359 2 915 98 42