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1 OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities Activities in 2013 This report has been submitted : :45:43 Name of disease (or topic) for which you are a designated OIE Reference Laboratory: Lumpy skin disease Address of laboratory: The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright Woking, Surrey, GU24 0NF UNITED KINGDOM Tel.: Fax: address: eeva.tuppurainen@pirbright.ac.uk website: Name (including Title) of Head of Laboratory (Responsible Official): Director: Prof John K.Fazakerley Name (including Title and Position) of OIE Reference Expert: Dr Eeva Tuppurainen,Vet Med Lic, MSc,MRCVS Head of Capripoxvirus Reference Laboratory Which of the following defines your laboratory? Check all that apply: Governmental Academic OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities,

2 ToR: To use, promote and disseminate diagnostic methods validated according to OIE Standards 1. Did your laboratory perform diagnostic tests for the specified disease/topic for purposes such as disease diagnosis, screening of animals for export, surveillance, etc.? (t for quality control, proficiency testing or staff training) Diagnostic Test Indicated in OIE Manual (/) Total number of test performed last year Indirect diagnostic tests Nationally Internationally Direct diagnostic tests Nationally Internationally Virus isolation of bovine dermis or lamb testis cells yes 0 6 General capripox real-time PCR no 0 25 Species-specific real-time PCR no 0 25 Sequencing of the host range genes no 0 9 Serum neutralization test yes ToR: To develop reference material in accordance with OIE requirements, and implement and promote the application of OIE Standards. To store and distribute to national laboratories biological reference products and any other reagents used in the diagnosis and control of the designated pathogens or disease. 2. Did your laboratory produce or supply imported standard reference reagents officially recognised by the OIE? 3. Did your laboratory supply standard reference reagents (non OIE-approved) and/or other diagnostic reagents to OIE Member Countries? 2 OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities, 2013

3 Type of reagent available Related diagnostic test Produced/ provide Amount supplied nationally (ml, mg) Amount supplied internationally (ml, mg). of recipient OIE Member Countries Region of recipients Control positive sera Neutralization tests Produced Africa Americas Asia and Pacific Europe Middle East Different capripox isolates PCR, neutralization tests, research Provided Africa Americas Asia and Pacific Europe Middle East 4. Did your laboratory produce vaccines? 5. Did your laboratory supply vaccines to OIE Member Countries? ToR: To develop, standardise and validate, according to OIE Standards, new procedures for diagnosis and control of the designated pathogens or diseases 6. Did your laboratory develop new diagnostic methods validated according to OIE Standards for the designated pathogen or disease? 7. Did your laboratory develop new vaccines according to OIE Standards for the designated pathogen or disease? Name of the new test or diagnostic method or vaccine developed Description and References (Publication, website, etc.) Validation of a species-specific realtime PCR method is on-going Lamien C.E., Lelenta M., Goger W., Silber R., Tuppurainen E., Matijevic M., Luckins A.G. and Diallo A. (2011). Real time PCR method for simultaneous detection, quantitation and differentiation of Capripoxviruses, Journal of Virological Methods, 171 (1), OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities,

4 ToR: To provide diagnostic testing facilities, and, where appropriate, scientific and technical advice on disease control measures to OIE Member Countries 8. Did your laboratory carry out diagnostic testing for other OIE Member Countries? Name of OIE Member Country seeking assistance Date (month). samples received for provision of diagnostic support. samples received for provision of confirmatory diagnoses JORDAN May SOUTH AFRICA May Did your laboratory provide expert advice in technical consultancies on the request of an OIE Member Country? Name of the OIE Member Country receiving a technical consultancy Purpose How the advice was provided SOUTH AFRICA University of Pretoria, Enhancement of diagnostic capacity; Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, consultance on vaccination against LSDV Inter-laboratory testing for DVTD/UP and remote assistance for ARC-OVI MOROCCO MCI Sante Animale was provided with LSDV Neethling strain for research purposes Sending virus isolates from the reference virus stocks LEBANON Enhancement of diagnostic capacity for LSDV Provision of test methods for conventional and real-time PCR methods and serum neutrailization test method JORDAN Provision of assistance in confirming the LSD outbreak in the country and collaboration on vaccine adverse reaction investigation and in vaccine efficacy studies by the Jordan University Testing samples with real-time PCR, species-specific PCR and sequencing and general consultancy GERMANY FLI was provided with two capripox virus isolates for research purposes Sending virus isolates from the reference virus stocks ISRAEL CVO and Kimron Veterinary Institute were provided with general consultancy on control and eradication of LSDV Remote assistance EGYPT Ministry of Agriculture/ Veterinary Services was provided with consultancy on suitable assays for surveillance programme Remote assistance ITALY FAO and EFSA: general consultancy on various issues on capripoxviruses Remote assistance UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plum Island, consultance on suitable sample material for surveillance studies Remote assistance 4 OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities, 2013

5 ToR: To carry out and/or coordinate scientific and technical studies in collaboration with other laboratories, centres or organisations 10. Did your laboratory participate in international scientific studies in collaboration with OIE Member Countries other than the own? Title of the study Duration Purpose of the study Partners (Institutions) Development and validation of novel diagnostic assays for capripoxviruses Ongoing To develop novel diagnostic assays for poxviruses and to maximise the use of serum collections, virus isolates, field and experimental samples, of both laboratories International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Animal Production and Health Section, Austria and Capripoxvirus RL, The Pirbright Institute, UK Determination of the role of hard (ixodid) ticks in the transmission of lumpy skin disease virus Completed in 2013 To ivestigate the transmission of LSDV by tick vectors Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria Capripoxvirus RL, The Pirbright Institute, UK Evaluation of the efficacy of three capripoxvirus live vaccine strains against lumpy skin disease virus in Ethiopia Vaccine experiments completed in 2013 To compare the efficacy and safety of LSDV, KSGPV and Gorgan goat pox vaccines against LSDV in cattle National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Center (NAHDIC), Ethiopia National Veterinary Institute (NVI), Ethiopia Centre for International Research for Agricultural Development (CIRAD), France Capripoxvirus RL, The Pirbright Institute, UK Diagnostic assays and vaccines against LSDV Initiated To improve diagnostic methods for the detection of LSDV antigens or antibodies CODA-CERVA Development of ELISA for capripoxviruses Ongoing Development of an ELISA assay for capripox viruses CSIRO/AAHL Investigation on the efficacy and adverse reactions in cattle vaccinated against LSDV in Jordan Ongoing See the title University of Jordan ToR: To collect, process, analyse, publish and disseminate epizootiological data relevant to the designated pathogens or diseases OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities,

6 11. Did your Laboratory collect epizootiological data relevant to international disease control? 12. Did your laboratory disseminate epizootiological data that had been processed and analysed? 13. What method of dissemination of information is most often used by your laboratory? (Indicate in the appropriate box the number by category) a) Articles published in peer-reviewed journals: 9 Tuppurainen E.S.M., Lubinga J.C., Stoltsz W.H., Troskie M., Carpenter S.T., Coetzer J.A.W., Venter E.H. and Oura C.A.L. (2013). Mechanical transmission of lumpy skin disease virus by Rhipicephalus appendiculatus male ticks. Epidemiology and Infection, 141, 2, Tuppurainen E.S.M., Lubinga J.C., Stoltsz W.H., Troskie M., S.T. Carpenter, Coetzer J.A.W., Venter E.H. and Oura C.A.L. (2013). Evidence of vertical transmission of lumpy skin disease virus in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus ticks. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 4, , DOI /j.ttbdis Lubinga J.C., Tuppurainen E.S.M., Mahlare R., Coetzer J.A.W., Stoltsz W.H., Venter E.H. (2013) Detection of lumpy skin disease virus in saliva of ticks fed on lumpy skin disease virus-infected cattle, Experimental and Applied Acarology, published on-line 1st March 2013, DOI /s Lubinga J.C., Tuppurainen E.S.M., Mahlare R., Coetzer J.A.W., Stoltsz W.H., Venter E.H. (2013). Transstadial and mechanical transmission of lumpy skin disease virus by Amblyomma hebraeum ticks, Transboundary and Emerging diseases, published on-line 24 May 2013 DOI: /tbed Murray L., Edwards L., Tuppurainen E., Oura, C.A.L., Mioulet V., King D.P. (2013) Detection of capripoxvirus DNA using a novel Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification assay, BMC Veterinary Research 9 (1):90 Lubinga J.C., Tuppurainen E.S.M., Coetzer J.A.W., Stoltsz W.H., Venter E.H. (2013). "Transovarial passage and transmission of LSDV by Amblyomma hebraeum, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Rhipicephalus decoloratus", Experimental and Applied Acarology, published online 24 Aug 2013, DOI /s Gelaye E., Lamien C.E., Silber R., Tuppurainen E.S.M., Grabherr R., Diallo A. (2013). "Development of a Cost-effective Method for Capripoxvirus Genotyping using Snapback Primer and dsdna Intercalating Dye", PLOS One, 8,10, e75971 Lubinga J.C., Clift, S., Tuppurainen, E.S.M., Stoltsz, W.H., Babiuk, S., Coetzer, J.A.W. & Venter, E.H. (2013). Demonstration of lumpy skin disease virus infection in Amblyomma hebraeum and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks using immunohistochemistry, accepted, Ticks and tick-borne diseases DOI /j.ttbdis Lubinga J.C., Tuppurainen, E.S.M., Coetzer, J.A.W., Stoltsz, W.H. & Venter, E.H. (2013). Evidence of lumpy skin disease virus over-wintering by transstadial persistence in Amblyomma hebraeum and transovarial persistence in Rhipicephalus decoloratus ticks, Experimental and Applied Acarology, 62:77 90, DOI /s b) International conferences: 3 Tuppurainen E.S.M. (2013). Lumpy skin disease emerging threat to the Middle East and Europe. OIE Subregional workshop on Lumpy skin disease and other vector-borne diseases, Cyprus 28th February Venter E.H., Lubinga J.C., Coetzer J. A. W., Stoltsz W.H., Tuppurainen E.S.M. (2013). Transovarial passage and transmission of lumpy skin disease virus by Amblyomma hebraeum, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Rhipicephalus decoloratus ticks. Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (AITVM) 14th International Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 25-29th August Tuppurainen E.S.M. (2013). Lumpy skin disease, sheep pox and goat pox. EPIZONE, 7th annual meeting, Brussels, Belgium, 1-4 October (Keynote speaker) Posters: 6 OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities, 2013

7 JC Lubinga, E Tuppurainen, WH Stoltsz, S Clift, JAW Coetzer, EH Venter, S. Babiuk (2013) Vector competence of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Amblyomma hebraeum ticks for lumpy skin disease virus, EPIZONE, 7th annual meeting, Brussels, Belgium, 1-4 Oct 2013 c) National conferences: 0 d) Other: (Provide website address or link to appropriate information) 0 ToR: To provide scientific and technical training for personnel from OIE Member Countries To recommend the prescribed and alternative tests or vaccines as OIE Standards 14. Did your laboratory provide scientific and technical training to laboratory personnel from other OIE Member Countries? a) Technical visits: 1 b) Seminars: 0 c) Hands-on training courses: 1 d) Internships (>1 month): 1 Type of technical training provided (a, b, c or d) Country of origin of the expert(s) provided with training. participants from the corresponding country a Uganda 1 c Uganda and Romania 2 d United Kingdom 1 ToR: To maintain a system of quality assurance, biosafety and biosecurity relevant for the pathogen and the disease concerned 15. Does your laboratory have a Quality Management System certified according to an International Standard? Quality management system adopted ISO Is your laboratory accredited by an international accreditation body? OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities,

8 Test for which your laboratory is accredited Real-time PCR Accreditation body UKAS 17. Does your laboratory maintain a biorisk management system for the pathogen and the disease concerned? (See Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals 2012, Chapter or Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals 2012, Chapter 1.1.1) ToR: To organise and participate in scientific meetings on behalf of the OIE 18. Did your laboratory organise scientific meetings on behalf of the OIE? 19. Did your laboratory participate in scientific meetings on behalf of the OIE? Title of event Date (mm/yy) Location Role (speaker, presenting poster, short communications) Title of the work presented OIE Subregional workshop on Lumpy skin disease and other vector-borne diseases, 02/13 Cyprus Speaker Lumpy skin disease emerging threat to the Middle East and Europe EPIZONE 7th Annual meeting 10/13 Brussels Keynote speaker Lumpy skin disease, sheep pox and goat pox ToR: To establish and maintain a network with other OIE Reference Laboratories designated for the same pathogen or disease and organise regular inter-laboratory proficiency testing to ensure comparability of results 20. Did your laboratory exchange information with other OIE Reference Laboratories designated for the same pathogen or disease? 21. Was your laboratory involved in maintaining a network with OIE Reference Laboratories designated for the same pathogen or disease by organising or participating in proficiency tests? 8 OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities, 2013

9 22. Did your laboratory collaborate with other OIE Reference Laboratories for the same disease on scientific research projects for the diagnosis or control of the pathogen of interest? Title of the project or contract Scope Name(s) of relevant OIE Reference Laboratories official title Mutual support on diagnostic assays and other research issues Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, South Africa ToR: To organise inter-laboratory proficiency testing with laboratories other than OIE Reference Laboratories for the same pathogens and diseases to ensure equivalence of results 23. Did your laboratory organise or participate in inter-laboratory proficiency tests with laboratories other than OIE Reference Laboratories for the same disease? te: See Interlaboratory test comparisons in: Laboratory Proficiency Testing at: see point 1.3 ToR: To place expert consultants at the disposal of the OIE 24. Did your laboratory place expert consultants at the disposal of the OIE? 25. Additional comments regarding your report: OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities,

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