OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Germany

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Germany
submited by kickingbird at Jul, 10, 2007 8:3 AM from OIE

Information received on 07/07/2007 from Mr Werner Zwingmann, Ministerialdirigent, "Leiter der Unterabteilung Tiergesundheit und Lebensmittelhygiene", Bundesministerium für Ern?hrung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) , Bonn, Germany

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	06/07/2007
Date of confirmation of event	06/07/2007
Report date	07/07/2007
Date submitted to OIE	07/07/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	05/04/2006
Manifestation of disease	Sub-clinical infection
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
Report pertains to	Defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

THURINGEN (Saalfelder H?he 16073A070004, Saalfelder H?he, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	10	1	1	9	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Birds	10.00%	10.00%	100.00%	100.00%

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

Epidemiology

Source of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	Vaccination is forbidden for poultry, it is only allowed for zoo birds.

Control measures

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

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	06/07/2007	Positive

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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