1.
Provide by : Darab Abdollahi , Deputy
Director of Bureau of Animal Health and
Disease Management Organization IVO
Presented by : Nick Lyons

2.
 FMD is endemic in Iran
◦ Serotypes A (A05, AGVII), O (Panasia II) & Asia1 are
most dominant serotypes which isolated from
samples.
◦ Cattle, sheep & goat are most affected animals
 Rarely buffalo and wild cloven hoofed animals (deer,
…) find with clinical signs.

3.
 In Oct. 2015 number of outbreak
increase rapidly in EPI units.
◦ It was mainly in unvaccinated farms but
even routine vaccinated dairy farms
were affected.
◦ Cattle were main affected animals.
 A GVII isolated from samples which
submitted to WRL.
 Monovalent Local vaccine produce in RAZI
institute to control the outbreaks.

4.
 From Feb. 2016 mortality increase
in new born lambs due to
Myocarditis in sheep herds.
◦ Serotype O isolated from samples in
CVL (Iran Central Veterinary
Laboratory)
 It was report of dead puppy from
Kordestan province (West part of
Iran) but dead body was not
available.
 Another report from Esfahan
province (Central part of Iran) with
two dead puppies .
◦ puppies have been fed from FMDV
affected lambs.
◦ Myocarditis was major signs in one
dead puppy autopsy .

5.
 Heart samples
submitted to CVL from
puppy and two other
dead lambs.
 Serotype O confirmed
and isolated in CVL.
 Samples submitted to
WRL
◦ Serotype O linage
PanAsia-2 confirms in
puppy and lamb samples.
◦ Further analysis of heart
samples ongoing

6.
 R. Hassanzedeh, D. Jahanpeyma Iran
Veterinary organization
 M. Hosseini , H. R. Parishni, Esfahan
provincial governmental and private
veterinarians
 Nick Lyons
 Nadia Rumich