OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Czech Republic

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Czech Republic
submited by kickingbird at Jun, 22, 2007 22:5 PM from OIE

Information received on 22/06/2007 from Mr Josef Vitásek, Director of the Department of Animal Health and Welfare, Department for Protection of Health and Animal Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture , PRAGUE, Czech Republic

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	19/06/2007
Date of confirmation of event	21/06/2007
Report date	22/06/2007
Date submitted to OIE	22/06/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	06/2006
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
Report pertains to	Defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

PARDUBICKY (Tisova, Usti nad Orlici)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	6000	3000	1800	4200	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Birds	50.00%	30.00%	60.00%	100.00%

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

Epidemiology

Source of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	First outbreak of HPAI in domestic birds

Control measures

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

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

State Veterinary Institute (SVI), Prague (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	gene sequencing	21/06/2007	Positive
Birds	reverse transcription – polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	21/06/2007	Positive

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

Latest news in those days:

U.S.: HPAI detection in Idaho poultry flock 9 hours ago
USDA: Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Birds 9 hours ago
GISAID: H5N1 Bird Flu Circulating in Dairy Cows in the United States 4 days ago
USCDC: A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update 5 days ago
USCDC: Avian Influenza A(H5N1) U.S. Situation Update and CDC Activities 11 days ago

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