Outbreak of African swine fever

Kaunas district municipality, Seniunija of Vandziogala, Kaunas district municipality, KAUNAS

Report type                                                        Follow-up report No. 90

Date of start of the event                               24/01/2014

Date of confirmation of the event                24/01/2014

Report date                                                        19/05/2016

Date submitted to OIE                                        19/05/2016

Reason for notification                                        First occurrence of a listed disease

Manifestation of disease                                Sub-clinical infection

Causal agent                                                       African swine fever virus

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

This event pertains to                                       whole country

Date of start of the outbreak 12/05/2016
Outbreak status Resolved (13/05/2016)
Epidemiological unit Forest

Affected animals

Species                                    Susceptible       Cases Deaths       Destroyed      Slaughtered

Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 6                       6                      0                  0

Affected population In the Part III area of the Commission Implementing Decision 2016/464/EU amending Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU, "real-time PCR was positive to ASF virus in six wild boars found dead (sex not possible to be determined, two wild boars 10 months old and four one month old)".