OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, France
Information received on 05/07/2007 from Mrs Monique Eloit, Directrice générale adjointe, Direction générale de l´alimentation, Ministère de l´Agriculture et de la Pêche, PARIS Cedex 15, France
Summary
| Report type |
Immediate notification |
| Start date |
28/06/2007 |
| Date of confirmation of event |
04/07/2007 |
| Report date |
05/07/2007 |
| Date submitted to OIE |
05/07/2007 |
| Reason for notification |
First occurrence of a listed disease |
| Manifestation of disease |
Clinical disease |
| Causal agent |
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus |
| Serotype |
H5N1 |
| Nature of diagnosis |
Laboratory (advanced) |
| Report pertains to |
Defined zone within the country |
New outbreaks
| Summary of outbreaks |
Total outbreaks: 1 |
| Outbreak Location |
- MOSELLE (Assenoncourt, Assenoncourt)
|
| Total animals affected |
| Species |
Susceptible |
Cases |
Deaths |
Destroyed |
Slaughtered |
| Wild species |
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Outbreak statistics |
| Species |
Apparent morbidity rate |
Apparent mortality rate |
Apparent case fatality rate |
Proportion susceptible removed* |
| Wild species |
- |
- |
100.00% |
- | * Removed from the susceptible population either through death, destruction or slaughter |
Epidemiology
Control measures
| Measures already applied |
- Control of wildlife reservoirs
- Zoning
- Vaccination permitted
- No treatment of affected animals
|
| Measures to be applied |
|
Diagnostic test results
| Laboratory name and type |
National Reference Laboratory, French Agency for Food Safety (AFSSA) - Ploufragan (National laboratory) |
| Tests and results |
| Species |
Test |
Test date |
Result |
| Wild species |
RT-PCR (amplification génomique en cha?ne avec polymérase - transcriptase inverse) |
04/07/2007 |
Positive | |