OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Poland

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Poland
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Information received on 03/12/2007 from Dr Ewa Lech, Chief Veterinary Officer, General Veterinary Inspectorate, Warszawa, Poland

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	30/11/2007
Date of confirmation of event	01/12/2007
Report date	03/12/2007
Date submitted to OIE	03/12/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	07/05/2006
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
Report pertains to	Entire country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 2

Outbreak Location

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	4605	4245	360	4245	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Birds	92.18%	7.82%	8.48%	100.00%

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

Description of Affected Population

12-week-old turkeys

Epidemiology

Source of infection	Unknown or inconclusive Contact with wild Species
Epidemiological comments	Following the suspicion of highly pathogenic avian influenza, samples were taken from ten turkeys (five samples per flock).

Control measures

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

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

National Veterinary Research Institute, Pulawy (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	reverse transcription – polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	01/12/2007	Positive
Birds	virus isolation		Pending

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