1. FMD situation in Egypt Dr: Shams Amin Preventive medicine specialist
General organization for veterinary service
Ministry of agriculture

2. Gaps Identified in 2014 roadmap meeting
% of achievement
Activity
Difficult of data flow between central and local level .
Lack of accurate census
85%
Plan to study Epidemiology of FMD
Lack of information related to stakeholders involved in value chain
30%
Value chain analysis
Lack of I and R system implementation and information related to animals movement pattern within and into Egypt
40%
FMD distribution and hypothesis
Lack of financial resources to complete the preliminary study
Socio-economic impact of FMD
Under reporting in some governorates , lack building capacity of the lab concerning sequence results
90 %
Circulating strains

3. Gaps Identified in 2014 roadmap meeting
% of achievement
Activity
Lack of human resources and advanced training especially risk assessment and detailed value chain , lack of communication with stockholder concerning FMD control measures
50%
Enabling environment -
90%
Commitment to regional approach
Lack of specified hot spots
80%
Identification of hot spots
Lack of financial resources for implementation of control measures based on identified risk hot spots
Strategic FMD control plan

4. FMD outbreaks in 2014-2015 No. of reported village
No. of FMD outbreaks
year
599
699
2014
398
441
2015

5. Incidence of villages reported FMD in 2015 & 2014

6. Geographical distribution of FMD outbreaks in 2015till (October)

7. Passive surveillance and reporting for FMD in 2014
699 notifications
414
sampled
384
accepted samples
117
positive for FMD 18
Serotype A 2
A/IRAN 61
serotype O
12 O/sudan
1 O/ Panasia2 6
Pan FMD 32
SAT2
267
negative for FMD 30
rejected
285
not sampled

8. Temporal distribution of FMD serotype in 2014

9. Geographical distribution of FMD serotype in 2014

10. Passive surveillance and reporting for FMD in 2015 till (October)
441
notifications
304
sampled
233
accepted samples 88
positive for FMD 18
Serotype A 2
A/IRAN 64
serotype O 12
O/EA3 6
Pan FMD
145
negative for FMD 71
rejected
137
not sampled

11. Temporal distribution of FMD strains in 2015 (October)

12. Geographical distribution of FMD serotype in 2015 till (October)

13. Active surveillance of FMD applied in January 2015
Objective :
estimation % of NSP ( unvaccinated animals ) in 4 border governorates from (south and western region) which is considered as high risk governorates for introduction of new strains or sub types of FMD .
Detecting of circulating serotypes and subtypes if active clinical cases were found.
Methodology :
- Collection of serum sample from different species (cattle, buffalo, sheep and goat) in 162 Villages.
- Clinical investigation to detect clinically active cases .

14. Active surveillance of FMD
Result :
15%, 9%, 5% and 3% of samples was positive for NSP in Aswan, New Valley, Matrouh and Red Sea respectively , while the overall percentage of positive samples was 10 % .
Concerning clinical investigation results :
detection of one active case in Aswan governorate which is identified as O / EA 3 . .

15. Description of FMD control measures in 2014-2015
vaccination (in place):
cattle, buffaloes, sheep and goats.
Trivalent local produced vaccine.
coverage % of vaccinated animals
Year
small ruminant
Large ruminant
23%
44%
1st mid year (2014)
43%
2ed mid year (2014)
22%
1st mid year (2015)

16. Geographical distribution of Vaccination coverage 1st mid year (2014)

17. Geographical distribution of Vaccination coverage 2nd mid year (2014)

18. Geographical distribution of Vaccination coverage 1st mid year (2015)

19. Description of FMD control measures in 2014-2015
Awareness campaigns
Extension campaign send key message to owners aimed to increase awareness about :
symptoms and economic losses
reporting to authorized clinic
importantance of vaccination
dealing with diseased animals

20. Description of FMD control measures in 2014-2015
Biosecurity measures
We start with create , manufacture and pre test of biosecurity design suits as well as implementation of biosecurity measures concerning professionals to reduce risk of transmission of FMD.

21. Description of FMD control measures in 2014-2015
Plans related to FMD surveillance and control in the short and long term
Short term :
- strengthen passive surveillance
- improve data flow system
Medium term
-achievement of vaccination coverage 80% with local produced vaccine
- full understanding of animal movement within and into Egypt
Long term
- move forward on PCP stages to improving animal production.

22. Description of FMD control plan (RBSP )
Aim : Reduce FMD impact of clinical disease within 5 years
component 1:
Reduce FMD transmission from high risk markets to small farms & small holders
Reduce FMD transmission in winter season within 3 years
Establishment of contingency plan in case of new incursion.

23. Description of FMD control plan (RBSP )
component 2:
Improve biosecurity measures concerning professionals
Enhancement of the practical capacities of the national laboratories concerning diagnosis of FMD & vaccine quality
Establish adequate monitoring and evaluation system
component 3:
Understanding the risk of the viral introduction at different border and trials to reduce transmission by smuggling animals from borders
Full understanding of animal movement and production cross Egypt

24. international projects that feed directly and indirectly to FMD control
Progressive control of FMD in Egypt
This project will be implemented in co operation between FAO, US-DOS,EU- FMD with GOVS.
Eu-FMD provides an organized infrastructure and expert consulting resources however there is a need to support these currently unfunded activities:
Training of in-country trainers (GOVS staff veterinarians) .
Strengthening the monitoring, evaluation and surveillance capacity at GOVS and Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI)

25. international projects that feed directly and indirectly to FMD control
Strengthening the diagnostic capacity of the AHRI
Audit on vaccine quality at the 3 plants in Egypt (two government owned and one private)
Meeting with regional countries to include a regional component into the RBSP (Egypt, Libya, Chad, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Lebanon, Jordan)

26. Needs for support
Technical expert for full understanding of animal movement and production within Egypt ( value chain analysis )
Training of in-country trainers (GOVS staff veterinarians) on:
Risk analysis
Socioeconomic impact
Gap analysis.
prioritizing importance of FMD control in relation to other animal diseases
advanced biostatistics- spatial analysis – study design- disease modeling
advanced biosecurity measures

27. THANK YOU