Animal Health status in Denmark,

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Animal Health status in Denmark,

• Hanne Hansen, Danish Veterinary and Food
  Administration,
• Animal Health Division
• Nordic Animal Health and Contingency meeting,
  Helsinki, 10.-11. September 2009

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Content

• Danish livestock statistic
• Animal health status in Denmark
• Surveillance of OIE listed diseases
• Future challenges

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Livestock statistics, 2009
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Export of Danish livestock, 2008
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Cattle imports, 2000 - 2008
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Pig imports, 2000 - 2005
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Animal health status on OIE Listed diseases

• Foot and mouth disease 1983
• Classical swine fever (hog cholera) 1933
• African swine fever (never recorded)
• Vesicular stomatitis (never recorded)
• Swine vesicular disease (never recorded)
• Rinderpest 1782
• Peste des petits ruminants (never recorded)
• Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia 1886
• Lumpy skin disease (never recorded)
• Rift Valley fever (never recorded)
• Bluetongue 2008
• Sheep pox and goat pox 1879
• African horse sickness (never recorded)
• Highly pathogenic avian influenza 2006
• Newcastle disease 2005

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Newcastle disease in Denmark

• 2002
• 135 outbreaks, mainly back-yard flocks
• 4 primary, 131 secondary outbreaks
• 2004
• Start rutine vaccination
• 2005
• 1 outbreak in the last non vaccinated flock

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Avian influenza in Denmark

• 2006
• HPAI (H5N1) i 44 wild birds and one back-yard
  flock
• 2006
• LPAI 3 outbreaks in a back-yard flock, in
  free-ranging ducklings and in mallards (game
  birds)
• 2008
• LPAI 1 outbreak in free ranging flock (duck,
  gees, mallards)

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Bluetongue in Denmark

• 2007
• First case of BT in October
• 2008
• 15 outbreaks from August to November
• 4 in the original protection zone
• 11 in the original surveillance zone
• 2009
• None so far

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Location of BT outbreaks in 2008
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Vaccination in 2008

• Vaccination in defined area extended two times
• Vaccination from 23 July to 30 November
• Compulsory vaccination for all susceptible
  species - cattle, sheep and goats
• Vaccination paid by industry
• All animals more than 30 days old

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Vaccination in 2009

• Vaccination in the whole country
• Vaccination campaign throughout 2009
• Vaccination compulsory paid by industry
• Vaccination of unvaccinated animals
• All cattle before 31 May
• All sheep and goats before 31 August
• Offspring between the age of 1-4 months
• Revaccination after 365 days

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Surveillance for BT

• 2008
• Bulk milk samples from unvaccinated diary herds
• 150 herds pr. grid pr. month in non vaccinated
  areas were tested
• 4 outbreaks were found by the survey
• 2009
• PCR testing of slaughter cattle
• 16.500 animals will be tested
• Animals represent al parts of Denmark

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Danish animal health status

• Officially free from
• Aujeszkys disease (1993)
• Bovine brucellosis (1979)
• Bovine tuberculosis (1980)
• Enzootic bovine leucosis (1991)
• Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (1992)
• Brucella melitensis (1995)

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Surveillance on OIE listed diseases

• Multiple species Aujeszkys disease, Brucellosis,
  BT
• Swine disease CSF
• Cattle diseases BVD, BSE, Bovine TB,Enzootic
  bovine leucosis, IBR/IPV
• Sheep and goat diseases TSE, Maedi-visna
• Poultry disease AI
• Fish diseases VHS

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Future challenges for animal health?

• Globalisation
• Travelling of people, animals, animal products
• Movement of the manpower inside EU/ from 3.
  countries use of foreign workers in the farming
  industry
• Farmers with farms in countries with another
  animal health status
• Climate change
• Vector born diseases, e.g. WNF, ASF, African
  horse sickness, Leishmaniasis?
• Movement of wild animals might change due to
  climate change

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Future challenges for animal health?

• Research and surveillance
• Vector born diseases, e.g.
• Knowledge of distribution of competent vectors
  within Europe
• Knowledge of the infectious agents ability to use
  local vectors
• Climate, e.g.
• Knowledge of survival of vectors under different
  climate conditions
• Knowledge of infectious agents ability to
  replicate under different climate conditions
• Movement of diseases over a long distance by wind
• Education and information
• Farmers, animal owners, veterinarians, veterinary
  administrations.
• Awareness on and prevention of diseases

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