OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Togo

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Togo
submited by kickingbird at Sep, 19, 2008 9:5 AM from OIE

Information received on 18/09/2008 from Dr Batawui Komla Batasse, Directeur de l´閘evage et de la p阠he, -, Minist鑢e de l´Agriculture de l´Elevage et de la P阠he , Lom? Togo

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	09/09/2008
Date of first confirmation of the event	16/09/2008
Report date	18/09/2008
Date submitted to OIE	18/09/2008
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	31/12/2007
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location and Affected population

R蒅ION MARITIME (Agata-Dague) : three modern farms

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	6500	4131	4131	2369

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	63.55%	63.55%	100.00%	**

* 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	Stamping out Quarantine Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Laboratoire v閠閞inaire d´Accra (Ghana) (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	reverse transcription ?polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	16/09/2008	Positive

Laboratory name and type

Padoue (Italie) (OIE抯 Reference Laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	virus sequencing	18/09/2008	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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