ANTHRAX, HUMAN, BOVINE - KAZAKHSTAN (04): (PAVLODAR), OIE

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Date: 9 Jul 2010
Source: OIE



Information received on 09 Jul 2010 from Dr Akhmetzhan Akievich
Sultanov, vice chairman, Committee of State Inspection, Ministry of
Agriculture, Astana, Kazakhstan

Summary
Report type: Immediate notification
Start date: 19 Jun 2010
Date of 1st confirmation of the event: 22 Jun 2010
Report date: 09 Jul 2010
Date submitted to OIE: 09 Jul 2010
Reason for notification: Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: August 2008
Manifestation of disease: Clinical disease
Causal agent: Bacillus anthracis
Nature of diagnosis: Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to the whole country

New outbreaks
Summary of outbreaks: Total outbreaks: 1
Location(s): Pavlodar (Zholkuduksky, Aksu)
Total animals affected: Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Destroyed /
Slaughtered
Cattle / 163 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0
Equidae / 15 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0
Sheep & goats / 520 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Outbreak statistics
Species / Apparent morbidity rate / Apparent mortality rate / Apparent case
fatality rate / Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Cattle / 0.61 percent / 0.00 percent / 0.00 percent / 0.61 percent
Equidae / 6.67 percent / 0.00 percent / 0.00 percent / 6.67 percent
Sheep and goats / 0.00 percent / 0.00 percent / ** / 0.00 percent
* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or
slaughter

Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
- Soil-borne infection (previously infected site)

Control measures
Measures applied
- Quarantine
- Movement control inside the country
- Screening
- Zoning
- Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s)
Administrative division / Species / Total Vaccinated / Details
Pavlodar / Cattle / 2249
/ Sheep and goats / 626
/ Equidae / 2700
- Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
- Modified stamping out
- No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied
- No other measures


Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type: National Reference Veterinary Laboratory (National
laboratory)
Tests and results
Species / Test / Test date / Result
Cattle / bacteriological examination / 22 Jun 2010 / Positive
Cattle / polymerase chain reaction (PCR) / 22 Jun 2010 / Positive
Equidae / bacteriological examination / 22 Jun 2010 / Positive
Equidae / polymerase chain reaction (PCR) / 22 Jun 2010 / Positive

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

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[This formal report is of interest as it does not mention the human
cases (4 hospitalised and 6 contacts presumably on oral antibiotics),
the 7 dead cattle (not one as above), 4 dead sheep/goats (zero
above), and one dead horse (agreed). Pavlodar is further than we
realized from Astana. In Astana's favour one must mention that all
too often reports to OIE in Paris are solely dependent on whatever
samples are submitted to the laboratory for confirmation
unaccompanied by any farm history. The lab report is all they know. - Mod.MHJ]

[Maps of Kazakhstan:


The HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Kazakhstan is available at:
. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]

[see also:
Anthrax, human, bovine - Kazakhstan (03): (PA) 20100629.2171
Anthrax, human, bovine - Kazakhstan (02): (PA) 20100629.2165
Anthrax, human, bovine - Kazakhstan: (PA) 20100626.2132]
...................as/mhj/ejp/dk

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