OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Benin

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Benin
submited by kickingbird at Aug, 27, 2008 11:2 AM from OIE

Information received on 25/08/2008 from Dr Christophe B. MONSIA, Directeur de l´élevage, Direction de l´élevage, Ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’Elevage et de la Pêche, COTONOU, Benin

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	29/07/2008
Date of first confirmation of the event	13/08/2008
Report date	25/08/2008
Date submitted to OIE	25/08/2008
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	05/2008
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location and Affected population

LOKOSSA (Lokossa market, Lokossa) : Live chickens purchased at the market in Lokossa as part of the routine surveillance and of the training of managers and other laboratory officials on biomolecular techniques at the Veterinary Laboratory of Parakou.

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	2	2	0		0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	100.00%	0.00%	0.00%	**

* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter
** Not calculated because of missing information

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied	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

Laboratoire Vétérinaire de Parakou (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	reverse transcription – polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	13/08/2008	Positive

Future Reporting

The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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