Epizootic situation on especially dangerous animal diseases in the world from October 23 to October 29, 2021

For the period from 23 to 29 October 2021, the World Organization for Animal HEALTH (OIE) received reports of the registration of 147 foci of especially dangerous animal diseases in 20 countries of the world. The corresponding notifications were published on the official website of the OIE.

The Tunisian government has announced the discovery of an epizootic hemorrhagic disease in cattle.

African swine fever outbreaks continue to be registered in Hungary (5), Latvia (11), Poland (50), Romania (32) and South Africa (1). Classical distemper has been reported in pigs in Japan (1).

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been identified in the UK (1), Germany (5), Denmark (2), Italy (3), Finland (2), Sweden (1) and Estonia (2). The disease caused by the H5N1 and H5N8 subtypes has been reported in farm birds and wild birds.

Foci of infectious nodular dermatitis were recorded in Cambodia (6) and Thailand (3). Rift valley fever has been identified in Mauritania (1). Plague of small ruminants - in Morocco (1). New foci of foot-and-mouth disease have been reported in South Africa (13). In the United States (2) and Spain (1), the CORONAVIRUS infection covid-19 (SARS-COV-2) has been reported in animals.

Specialists of the Information and Analytical Center at the FGBI "ARRIAH" continue to monitor the development of the epizootic situation in the world among animals. More detailed information can be found on the ROSSELKHOZNADZOR website in the section “Epizootic situation”, “IAC messages” http://www.fsvps.ru/fsvps/iac/messages/.