OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, United Kingdom
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
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 |
|
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 | |