Urgent advice on lumpy skin disease EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare
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Miranda, Miguel Angel
Stegeman, Jan Arend
Bicout, Dominique
Botner, Anette
Butterworth, Andrew
Calistri, Paolo
Depner, Klaus
Edwards, Sandra
Garin-Bastuji, Bruno
Good, Margaret
Gortazar Schmidt, Christian
Michel, Virginie
More, Simon
Raj, Mohan
Nielsen, Søren Saxmose
Sihvonen, Lisa
Spoolder, Hans
Thulke, Hans H.
Willeberg, Preben
Winckler, Christoph
Publication date
2016-08-09ISSN
1831-4732
Abstract
In order to assess the effects on disease spread and persistence of partial stamping out of only
clinically affected animals in holdings where the presence of lumpy skin disease has been confirmed,
against total stamping-out policy of infected herds coupled with vaccination, a mathematical model for
the transmission of LSDV between farms was developed and different scenarios explored. According to
the model, vaccination has a greater impact in reducing LSDV spread than any culling policy, even
when low vaccination effectiveness is considered. When vaccination is evenly applied so that 95% of
the farms are vaccinated with 75% of vaccinated animals effectively protected, then total stamping out
and partial stamping out result in a similar probability of eradicating the infection. When no vaccination
is applied or when vaccination has a lower effectiveness (e.g. 40%), the probability of eradication is
higher when total stamping out is performed as compared to partial stamping out. In general, partial
stamping out results in limited increase of the number of farms affected as compared to total stamping
out. Independently of the culling interventions applied in the model, vaccination was most effective in
reducing LSDV spread if protection had already been developed at the time of virus entry, followed by
protection of herds after virus entry. No vaccination is the least effective option in reducing LSDV
spread. In order to reach the above described effects, it is necessary to implement vaccination of the
entire susceptible population in regions at risk for LSDV introduction or affected by LSDV in order to
minimise the number of outbreaks, and high animal- and farm-level vaccination coverage should be
achieved. Farmers and veterinarians should be trained in the clinical identification of LSD in order to
reduce underreporting, and the effectiveness of partial stamping out should be evaluated under field
conditions.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
636 - Animal husbandry and breeding in general. Livestock rearing. Breeding of domestic animals
Pages
27
Publisher
Wiley Open Access
Is part of
EFSA Journal
Citation
Miranda, Miguel Angel, Jan Arend Stegeman, Dominique Bicout, Anette Botner, Andrew Butterworth, Paolo Calistri, Klaus Depner, Sandra Edwards, Bruno Garin-Bastuji, Margaret Good, Christian Gortazar Schmidt, Virginie Michel, Simon More, Mohan Raj, Søren Saxmose Nielsen,Lisa Sihvonen, Hans Spoolder, Hans H. Thulke, Antonio Velarde, Preben Willeberg and Christoph Winckler. 2016. "Urgent Advice On Lumpy Skin Disease". EFSA Journal 2016; 14(8). doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4573.
Program
Benestar Animal
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