OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Romania

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Romania
submited by kickingbird at Nov, 29, 2007 8:33 AM from OIE

Information received on 28/11/2007 from Dr Stefan Nicolae, Directeur Général , Direction Générale, Autorité Nationale Sanitaire Vétérinaire pour la Sécurité des Aliments (ANSVSA), Bucuresti , Romania

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification (Final report)
Start date	27/11/2007
Date of confirmation of event	28/11/2007
Report date	28/11/2007
Date submitted to OIE	28/11/2007
Date event resolved	28/11/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	07/2006
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

TULCEA (Murighiol)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	80	31	31	49	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Birds	38.75%	38.75%	100.00%	100.00%

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

Description of Affected Population

backyard poultry

Epidemiology

Source of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures already applied	Stamping out Quarantine Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Vaccination permitted No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	None specified

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	reverse transcription – polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	28/11/2007	Positive

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

Latest news in those days:

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GISAID: H5N1 Bird Flu continues to circulate in the United States 10 days ago
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Netherlands: Antibodies to bird flu virus found in dairy cow 11 days ago

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