OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, United Kingdom

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, United Kingdom
submited by kickingbird at Feb, 5, 2007 21:35 PM from OIE

Information received on 03/02/2007 from Mrs Debby Reynolds, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Director General for Animal Health & Welfare, London, United Kingdom

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	27/01/2007
Date of confirmation of event	03/02/2007
Report date	03/02/2007
Date submitted to OIE	05/02/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	03/2006
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
Report pertains to	Entire country

New Outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

ENGLAND (Upper Holton, Suffolk)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	159000	7000	2500	4500	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Birds	4.40%	1.57%	35.71%	4.40%

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

Epidemiology

Source of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures already applied	Movement control inside the country Screening Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Stamping out Zoning Vaccination permitted No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	None specified

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

VLA Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, UK (OIE’s Reference Laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	nucleotide sequencing	03/02/2007	Positive
Birds	real-time PCR	03/02/2007	Positive

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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