Introduction Egypt Equine census Regionalization Active surveillance plan Quarantine Measures

Introduction Egypt Equine census Regionalization Active surveillance plan Quarantine Measures

General Organization For Veterinary Services Chairman s GOVS Chairman s Office Affairs General - Project - Public relation - People s Services - Planning and Follow up - Directorates Affairs - General Inspection - Training and Evaluation - Foreign Relation - Org. & Affairs Security Office Technical Secretariat - Private Secretariat Division - Board of Directors Secretariat Division Financial and Administratio n Affairs Central - and Personal General - Financial Affairs General - Engineering Affairs General Administration Legal Affairs General Information, Documentation & Decision Support General Administration Egyptian Zoos and Wildlife Services Central Administration Slaughterhou ses and Public Health Central Veterinary Quarantine and Inspection Central Preventive Medicine Central Vet. Drug supply and Extension General Animal Reproduction and Artificial Insemination General Animal Care and Treatments General Wildlife Conservation Gen. Department of Bird Migration and Protected areas Department of studies and Programming Department of Public Awareness program Giza Zoo and Aquarium General Department of Zoological museum. Department of Aquarium Department of Giza Zoo Department of Alex. Zoo Department of El-Fayoum Zoo -Slaughter houses General - Meat Inspection General - Hide, Skin and Animal By-product General - Zoonoses General - Alexandria / Salloom General - Cairo General - East Delta and Sinai General - Upper Egypt and Red sea General - Cattle and Buffaloes Diseases General Administration - Sheep, Goats, Camels and Equine Diseases General Administration - Poultry Diseases General Administration - Department of Field Investigation - Department of Fish & Bees Diseases - Veterinary drug procurement and Field Trial Admin. - Registration of Vet. Drugs Admin. - Vet. Medicine Analysis Admin. - Insurance Admin. - Vet. Extension Services - Artificial Insemination Administration - Animal sexual Health Control Administration. - Animal Productive Diseases Administration - Recording & Registration Administration - Control of External Parasite - Control of Internal Parasite - Control of Blood Parasite Admin. - Medicine And Surgery - Hospital

Various steps were done by The GOVS to be in accordance with the international recommendation (OIE and EU regulations) as follow: Reviewing and up-dating legislation dealing with the health of equidae, and issuing the ministerial decree No. 2303 for the year 2011 and its associated list of requirements and regulations that organized the responsibility of the competent authority, importation, exportation, certification, registration, infectious disease controls, vaccination, notification, movement controls, quarantine, surveillance and regionalization (as a temporary situation).

Reviewing and up-dating legislation dealing with the health of Equidae (Achieved) Regionalization to identify the suspicious zone for AHS (Achieved) Determination of the exporting equidea (particularly horses) - quarantine station (Achieved). Establishing epidemiological unit for equidae disease in GOVS (Achieved)..

Strengthen laboratory for infectious diseases diagnosis in AHRI (Achieved (special unit for equidae disease)). Establishing epidemiological data-info network system connects the epidemiological units in different governorates with the control unit in GOVS (Achieved). Training plan to increase the awareness of field veterinarian with different infectious disease of equidae (Achieved and annually by the training affairs unit in GOVS). Contingency plan for controlling epidemics and epizootics in Equidea in Egypt (Achieved).

No. of Horses Arabian Horse Horses Donkey Mules Total EEF Horses others 10237 1288 126831 919809 47411 1105576

Items Details Target diseases -African Horse Sickness. -Equine Infectious Anemia -Equine Viral Artritis - equine Influenza - Herpes Disease(type 1&4) - Glanders -Dourine - Equine encephalomyelitis - Contagious Equine Metritis - Piroplasmosis Target species Equidea include (Arabian and sport) Horses. Total sample number 504 Time limit : 2013 Target area North governments + AL MENIA as border government Result of surveillance Negative for all diseases mentioned above

Items Details Target diseases -African Horse Sickness. Time limit : 2014 -Equine Infectious Anemia -Equine Viral Artritis - equine Influenza - Herpes Disease(type 1&4) - Glanders -Dourine - Equine encephalomyelitis - Contagious Equine Metritis - Piroplasmosis Target species Equidea include (Horses, donkey and mule) Total sample number 1423 Collected from February to December 2014 Target area North governments + AL MENIA as According to (annex no.1) border government Number of samples collected from 17/2//2014 till 5/6/2014 Total number of samples collected up till now 299 Result of surveillance Negative Result

* Notifiable disease Some cases infected with the following diseases in equine during 2013 Bovine babesiosis Theileriosis Trypanosomosis Referring to Egypt annual report at oie official WAHID notification Equine diseases during 2013 & 2014 Disease Date of last occurrence Species Control Measures Routine Vaccinated African horse sickness (Domestic) 1959 equ * Qf African horse sickness (Wild) - Contagious equine metritis (Domestic and Wild) 0000 equ * Qf Dourine (Domestic and Wild) 0000 equ * Qf Equine encephalomyelitis (Western) (Domestic and Wild) 0000 equ * Qf Equine infectious anaemia (Domestic and Wild) 0000 equ * Qf Equine influenza (Domestic) 09/2008 equ * Qf Equine influenza (Wild) - Equine piroplasmosis (Domestic) - equ * Qf Equine piroplasmosis (Wild) - Equine rhinopneumonitis (Domestic and Wild) 0000 equ * Qf Equine viral arteritis (Domestic and Wild) 0000 equ * Qf Glanders (Domestic) 1928 equ * Qf Glanders (Wild) - Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis 0000 equ * Qf (Domestic and Wild)

year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 (till May ) Item Number of 261 164 43 41 18 samples Tested against Mainly against (AHS, Dourine, Glander and EIA) Mainly against (AHS, Dourine, Glander and EIA) Mainly against (AHS, Dourine, Glander and EIA) Mainly against (AHS, Dourine, Glander and EIA) Mainly against (AHS, Dourine, Glander and EIA) Ruslet of tests Negative for all Negative for all Negative for all Negative for all Negative for all

Quarantine measures - General Organization of veterinary service approve some quarantines (King Rash in Borg El- Arab - Alexandria ) as authorized quarantine which has the following criteria : 1- Complete isolated from any domestic animals especially domestic equidae. 2- Has insect control programme to prevent any attack of insects. Special yard for animal training. 3- Sources of (water, electricity), well ventilated sections for animal quarantine and medical supply. 4- Animals will quarantine under complete supervision of veterinarian in quarantine department. 5-Quarantine period 40 days 6-Blood samples will be collected and sent to reference lab in Emirates to be tested against (AHS, EIA, Dourine, and Glander disease) 7- Upon the result of the Ref. lab. we issue the veterinary health certificate for exportation accompanied by animal identification passport. 8- Animal will transported directly from quarantine to airport (Borg El-Arab airport) and avoid any contact with any animals during transportation.

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