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. 2017 Apr 20;15(4):e04773. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4773

Table 1.

Summary table on LSD outbreaks and vaccination until 31 December 2016

Country Date of first outbreak reporteda Date of last outbreak reporteda Nr of outbreaks reportedb Nr of affected animalsb Median intraherd morbidity % (95% CI)d Nr of dead animals Median intra herd mortality% (95% CI) Culling policy Date of start of vaccinationc Date of completion of vaccination for 100% coverage % Vaccinated animalse
Albania 28/6/2016 9/9/2016 3,647g 4,315g 50 (0–100) 364 0.0 (0.0–80) None 28/7/2016 Ongoing 67
Croatia Not affected Not affected Not affected Not affected Not affected Not affected Not affected Not applicable 6/8/2016 November 2016 100
Bulgaria 12/4/2016 28/7/2016 217 366 50.0 (1.42–100) 0 0.00 Totalh 28/4/2016 June 2016 100
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 18/4/2016 28/10/2016 1,439 4,371 16.9 (0.0–100) 7 0.0 (0.0–0.19) Modifiedh 24/5/2016 December 2016 100
Greece 18/8/2015 24/11/2016 221 994 10.0 (0.79–100) 134 0.0 (0.0–22) Totalh 5/9/2015 Ongoing 76
Kosovo 6/6/2016 23/11/2016 1,415 2,019 20.0 (10.0–100) 12 0.0 (0–32) None 11/7/2016 Ongoing 82
Montenegro 20/7/2016 7/8/2016 436 557 33.0 (6.2–100) 0 0.00 Modifiedh 1/8/2016 August 2016 100
Serbia 5/6/2016 1/10/2016 225 267 20.0 (2.46–100) 0 0.00 Modifiedh 24/6/2016 August 2016 100
Turkey 6/8/2013 2/12/2016 1,394 4,676 25.0 (0.51–100) 976 0.0 (0–100) Modifiedh 2014 Ongoing 66
Russia 7/7/2015 19/10/2016 1,946f 18,233f 29.2 (0.05–100) 1,573 2.0 None na na na
a

The dates are: date of suspicion, for Turkey; confirmation date, for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

b

As reported from the national authorities. For Kosovo, the number is as extracted from ADNS.

c

Still ongoing, in the countries where 100% is already achieved, newborn and newly introduced animals are being also vaccinated.

d

The complete distribution of intraherd morbidity is shown in Figure 6.

e

Unvaccinated calves younger than 4 months born from vaccinated mothers may not be included in this calculation because they have not been vaccinated yet, but still immunised.

f

As provided by National Research Institute for Veterinary Virology and Microbiology of Russia (VNIIVViM, Pokrov) http://vniivvim.ru/.

g

Based on clinical diagnosis.

h

Total culling is culling all animals in the affected farm; modified culling is culling only the affected animals.