PED SITUATION,CONTROL AND PREVENTION

MEASURES IN THAILAND

Tapanut Songkasupa, DVM.National Institute of Animal Health

Department of Livestock DevelopmentBangkok, Thailand

Department of Livestock Development

(DLD) Organization Chart

Department ofLivestock Development

Office of Department Secretary

Division of Personnel Division of Finance

Internal Auditing UnitAdministrative Development

Unit

Division ofLegislative Affairs

Information TechnologyCentre

Division of Planning

National Institute of Animal Health &

8 Regional laboratories

Bureau of Disease Control & Veterinary Services

Bureau of Animal Biotechnology

Bureau of LivestockProducts Quality Control

Division of Animal Nutrition

Bureau of Livestock Development &Technology Transfer

Bureau of Livestock Standards & Certification

9 Regional Bureaus of Animal Heath and Sanitation

Provincial Livestock Office

Division ofAnimal Husbandry Bureau of Veterinary

Biologics

DLD Veterinary Laboratory network

- 8 Regional Veterinary

Research & Development

Centres (RVRDC)

National Institute of

Animal Health

(NIAH)

National Reference

Laboratory

OutlineCharacteristic of pig farms

PED situation

Prevention and control measures

Recommended action

Characteristic of Pig farms in Thailand

Backyard pig production system

Open-house pig production system

Evaporative Cooling System (EVAP)

PED situation in Thailand

Timeline

1978 1995 2003 2007 2013

Livestock production 2013

34%

31%

25%

10% Poutry

Pig

Mutton

Beef

32%

62%

6%

PIGBreeding

Fattening

Other

Compositon of total meat production

Source: DLD, 2013

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Fattening pigs 9.94 9.93 11 12.09 13.23 11.06 10.2 11 12.9 14

9.94 9.9311

12.0913.23

11.0610.2 11

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5

10

15

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Population of fattening pigs

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Slaughter hog price in Thailand

2013

2014

Characteristic of PED

PED in 2007-2008M gene REF: Puranaveja S. et al., 2009

REF: Gun Temeeyasen et al., 2014

Partial spike glycoprotein gene

Characteristic of PED

REF: Gun Temeeyasen et al., 2014ORF3

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Control and Prevention measures in Thailand

-Biosecurity activities strengthened

-Herd immunity management

-Epidemiological investigation

-Rapid identification of PED foci of infection

-Elimination of sources of PEDV

-Prevention of spread of PEDV

-Advocacy and capacity building

A. Rapid identification of PED foci of infection

“Laboratory test confirmation”

“Active and Passive surveillance”

PED outbreak

Investigation

Observation Report Control

Sampling

NIAH& 8 regional Lab.

A. Rapid identification of PED foci of infection

“Outbreak

investigation to

detect more infected farms”

B. Prevention introduction of the PEDV

“Biosecurity

activities

strengthened

: Disinfection and cleaning”

B. Prevention introduction of the PEDV

“Biosecurity activities

strengthened

: Disinfection and cleaning”

B. Prevention introduction of the PEDV

“Biosecurity activities strengthened: blockage movement and strict entrance”

C. Prevention of spread of PEDV

“Order for

isolation the

infected/

suspected farms”

C. Prevention of spread of PEDV

“Check point set up”

C. Prevention of spread of PEDV

“Outbreak proclamation”

“New legislation on

animal and animal

products movement

control” (on process)

D. Herd Immunity

E. Advocacy and capacity building

“An example

of public awareness”

Further activities

Development novel PED vaccine

Pig herd health units

Market chain and animal movement

Revision of legislation for PED free

zone establishment in some region

Pig diseases official control program

for Thailand

Thank you for your attention