1 Federal Agency for the

Security of the Food Chain

BLUETONGUE

Belgium

SCOFCAH, Brussels, 20 October 2006

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Security of the Food Chain

Table of contents

• Chronology

• Clinical findings

• Mesures in the zones

• Actions concerning the vector

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Security of the Food Chain

Situation until 2006-10-18

Evolution

18-31 TOT

1-15

16-30

1-15 16-31

S 15 8 37 45 125 27 212

B 50 17 13 30 75 6 161

S 0 1 2 3 47

B 0 1 3 4 22

Augustsince

18-08-06

373

69

75

TOT

September Oktober

44

65

018

7

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2006-09-29

• 20 km zone (Z-20)

• Protection zone (PZ)

140 cases140 cases

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2006-10-02

• 20 km zone (Z-20)

• Protection zone (PZ)

140 cases140 cases

0 15 30 45 60 75 Kilometers

carte_foyers_20060929

153 cases

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2006-10-03

0 15 30 45 60 75

Kilometers

163 cases

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2006-10-04

163 cases

177 cases

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2006-10-05

201 cases

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2006-10-06

0 15 30 45 60 75 km

Legend

218 cases

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2006-10-09

0 15 30 45 60 75 km

Legend

235 cases

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2006-10-11

264 cases

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2006-10-12

0 15 30 45 60 75 km

Legend

297 cases

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2006-10-13

Legend

0 15 30 45 60 75 km

327 cases

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2006-10-16

0 15 30 45 60 75

Kilometers

340 cases

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2006-10-17

0 15 30 45 60 75

Kilometers

372 cases

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2006-10-18

0 15 30 45 60 75

Kilometers

373 cases

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2006-10-19

403 cases

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Security of the Food Chain

Table of contents

• Chronology

• Clinical findings

• Mesures in the zones

• Actions concerning the vector

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Security of the Food Chain

overall sickness and mortality

number of herds

speciesnumber of

animals in the holding

total number of sick animals in the holding

%total number of

animals that died

%

119 B 9997 219 2,19 28 0,28108 S 3402 110 3,23 46 1,35227 13399 329 2,46 74 0,55

overall sickness and mortality (data until 16-10-2006)

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Security of the Food Chain

Table of contents

• Chronology

• Clinical findings

• Mesures in (between) the zones

• Actions concerning the vector

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Security of the Food Chain

Mesures in the different zones

• National derogations for transport from the 20 km zone

– Transport to slaughterhouse in the protection zone

– Canalised transport of young calves to fattening holdings (veal) in the protection zone subject to certain conditions

– Canalised transport of animals to fattening holdings in the protection zone subject to certain conditions

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Derogations

• Intracommunity trade within zones NL, DE, LU, FR

Decision 2005/393/EC as amended by 2006/693/EC

– Transport to slaughterhouse in 20 km zone or protection zone

– Transport of ruminants for breeding and production to holdings within the 20 km zone

– Transport of ruminants for production from holdings in the 20 km zone to holdings within the protection zone after favourable PCR test

– Protocol (2006-09-15)

• Transport of ruminants for breeding and production from the protection zone to holdings into the protection zone

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Security of the Food Chain

Table of contents

• Chronology

• Clinical findings

• Mesures in the zones

• Actions concerning the vector

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Security of the Food Chain

Actions concerning the vector

• Culicoides are still being captured

• Determination of Culicoides is ongoing• Training • Cross-check by experts• Testing for virus in vector by CODA

• Up to 19-10-2006 no confirmation of virus in Culicoides

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Security of the Food Chain

Website

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