Italy - 1 new outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in mink in farm, Villa del Conte, Veneto (OIE, April 22, 2021)

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Immediate notification
SARS-CoV-2 in animals (Inf. with), Italy

COUNTRY OR ZONE
ZONE

DISEASE
SARS-CoV-2 in animals (Inf. with)

STARTED ON
17-03-2021

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

CONFIRMED ON
05-04-2021

REASON
Emerging disease

CAUSAL AGENT
SARS-CoV-2

ENDED ON
-

DISEASE CATEGORY
Emerging

REPORTED ON
22-04-2021

LAST OCCURENCE
-
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SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
- Workers infected with SARS-CoV-2
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SPECIES
Mustelidae
SUSCEPTIBLE
3379
CASES
20
DEATHS
0
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OUTBREAK REFERENCE
sars_cov_2_PD_2021-1

STARTED ON
18-03-2021

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Farm

NUMBER OF OUTBREAKS
-

ENDED ON
-

AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
The minks were controlled in the framework of a national surveillance plan. A certain percentage of animals resulted seropositive with seroneutralization test. Some workers in the holding were seropositive as well. No symptoms or abnormal mortality was observed in the mink population.

APPROXIMATE LOCATION
Villa del conte

FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Veneto

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Padua

THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Villa Del Conte

GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
Lat : 45.582381

Long : 11.873873
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https://wahis.oie.int/#/report-info?reportId=32262