OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Hungary

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Hungary
submited by kickingbird at Jan, 25, 2007 19:55 PM from OIE

Information received on 24/01/2007 from Mr Tibor Bálint, Chief Veterinary Officer, Animal Health and Food Control Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development , Budapest, Hungary

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	19/01/2007
Date of confirmation of event	24/01/2007
Report date	24/01/2007
Date submitted to OIE	25/01/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	06/2006
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5
Nature of diagnosis	Suspicion, Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
Report pertains to	Entire country

New Outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

CSONGRAD (Szentes-Lapistó, Szentes)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	3355	95	90	3265	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Birds	2.83%	2.68%	94.74%	100.00%

* Removed from the susceptible population either through death, destruction or slaughter

Epidemiology

Source of infection	Possible contact with wild birds
Epidemiological comments	Stamping out was completed on 23 January 2007.

Control measures

Measures already applied	Screening Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Quarantine Stamping out Zoning Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	None specified

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Laboratorio de referencia de la Unión Europea (UE), Weybridge (Reino Unido) (OIE’s Reference Laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	haemagglutination inhibition test (HIT)	24/01/2007	Positive
Birds	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	24/01/2007	Positive
Birds	neuraminidase inhibition assay		Pending

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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