OIE: Equine influenza, Mongolia

OIE: Equine influenza, Mongolia
submited by kickingbird at Nov, 16, 2007 8:24 AM from OIE

Information received on 14/11/2007 from Mr Doloonjin Orgil, Director, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Department of Veterinary Services, ULAN BATOR, Mongolia

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	26/10/2007
Date of confirmation of event	14/11/2007
Report date	14/11/2007
Date submitted to OIE	14/11/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	2005
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Equine influenza virus subtype H3N8
Nature of diagnosis	Suspicion, Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
Report pertains to	Defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 7

Outbreak Location

KHOVD (Altai; Bulgan; Uench
BAYAN-ULGII (Bugat; Ulaankhus; Bulgan; Tsengel)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Equidae	101587	11631	9	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Equidae	11.45%	0.01%	0.08%	0.01%

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

Epidemiology

Source of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures already applied	Screening Quarantine Zoning Vaccination permitted No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s) Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Institute of Veterinary Medicine (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Equidae	haemagglutination inhibition test (HIT)	14/11/2007	Positive

See Also:

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