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
12.914
0
5
10
15
Num
ber o
f pig
s (m
illio
n)
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