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Dr Budimir Plavsic Requirements for equine disease notification to the OIE and situation of equine diseases notifiable to the OIE Head of the OIE Regional Representation for Europe
Dr Budimir Plavsic
Requirements for equine disease notification
to the OIE and situation of equine diseases
notifiable to the OIE
Head of the OIE Regional Representation for Europe
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Requirements for disease
notification to the OIE
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Transparency of worldwide animal disease
situation
o One of the main missions of the OIE is to ensure transparency of worldwide animal disease situation
o Legal obligation for all Member Countries to report to the OIE
o OIE List of notifiable diseases
o Includes 19 diseases of relevance to equids
World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 4
OIE listed diseases of relevance to equids
Equine diseases and infections
o Contagious equine metritiso Dourineo Equine encephalomyelitis (Western)o Equine infectious anaemiao Equine influenzao Equine piroplasmosiso Glanderso African horse sickness viruso Infection with equid herpesvirus-1 o Infection with equine arteritis viruso Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis
Multiple species diseases, infections and infestationsrelevant to equids
o Anthraxo Equine encephalomyelitis (Eastern)o Rabieso Japanese encephalitiso New world screwworm o Old world screwworm o Surrao West Nile fever
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Obligation for listed disease’s notification
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Transparency (WAHIS)
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Situation of equine diseases notifiable to the
OIE in the 13 target countries
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Diseases reporting to the OIEBased on WAHIS’ records
19 19 19 19 19 19 19
17
1312
8 8
6
56
11
8
2
21 1
3
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Num
ber
of
OIE
-lis
ted e
quin
e d
iseases (
n=
19)
Presence/absence not reported to the OIE in domestic and wild equids populations
Presence/absence reported to the OIE in domestic equids populations only
Presence/absence reported to the OIE in domestic and wild equids populations
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Notifiability and surveillanceBased on WAHIS’ records
▪ Notifiability
o None of the OIE listed disease of relevance to equids is notifiable in
all of the 13 target countries.
o Four (4) of the 13 target countries have reported all the 19 diseases
of relevance to equids as notifiable to the OIE.
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Notifiability and surveillanceBased on WAHIS’ records
▪ Surveillance
o None of the OIE listed disease of relevance to equids are under
surveillance in domestic populations in all of the 13 target.
o Only one country has reported all the 19 OIE listed diseases of
relevance to equids as under surveillance in equids domestic
populations.
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Diseases presence not reported to the OIEBased on WAHIS’ records
13 1312 12 12
1110
5
1 1
1
1
7
1 12
1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Num
ber
of
targ
et
countr
ies (
n=
13)
Reported as absent in domestic and wild populations
Reported as absent in domestic populations only
Presence/absence not reported
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Diseases of concern in the regionBased on WAHIS’ records
12
8
2 21 1 1 1 1 1 1
1
32
10
3 32
1
1
4
7
78 8 10
11
11 11
12 2
1 1 1 1
-1
1
3
5
7
9
11
13
Nu
mb
er
of
targ
et
co
un
trie
s (
n=
13
)
Presence/absence not reported
Reported as absent in domestic and wild populations
Reported as absent in domestic populations only
Reported as present or suspected in domestic and/or wild population
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Conclusion
▪ 19 OIE listed of relevance to equids
o Two diseases is reported as absent in the 13 countries
o 11 diseases are reported present in at least one of 11 target countries reviewed.
Priorities:
o Disease notifiability and surveillance
o Transparency in international disease reporting
▪ Knowledge of the disease situation is key to define relevant healthrequirements for horse movement.
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