OIE: Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry), Dominican Republic

OIE: Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry), Dominican Republic
submited by kickingbird at Dec, 24, 2007 20:57 PM from OIE

Information received on 21/12/2007 from Dra Gomez Lissette, punto focal OIE, Dirección General de Ganadería, Departamento de Sanidad Animal, SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	10/12/2007
Date of confirmation of event	21/12/2007
Report date	21/12/2007
Date submitted to OIE	21/12/2007
Reason for notification	First occurrence of a listed disease
Manifestation of disease	Sub-clinical infection
Causal agent	Low pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N2
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
Report pertains to	Entire country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 2

Outbreak Location

LA ALTAGRACIA (Higuey, La Otra Banda
DISTRITO NACIONAL (Traspatio, Santo Domingo)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	130	2	0	0	130

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Birds	1.54%	0.00%	0.00%	100.00%

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

Description of Affected Population

live bird market

Epidemiology

Source of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	Note by the OIE Animal Health Information Department: H5 and H7 avian influenza in its low pathogenic form in poultry is a notifiable disease as per Chapter 2.7.12. on avian influenza of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code.

Control measures

Measures already applied	Stamping out Quarantine Screening Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	Movement control inside the country

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Ames, Iowa (Estados Unidos) (OIE’s Reference Laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	aislamiento del patógeno mediante inoculación en huevos	21/12/2007	Positive
Birds	PCR en tiempo real	21/12/2007	Positive

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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