OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza,Bangladesh-Follow-up report No. 19

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza,Bangladesh-Follow-up report No. 19
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Information received on 14/07/2009 from Dr Habibur Rahman, Director General, Department of Livestock Services, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock , DHAKA, Bangladesh

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 19
Start date	05/02/2007
Date of first confirmation of the event	22/03/2007
Report date	14/07/2009
Date submitted to OIE	14/07/2009
Reason for notification	First occurrence of a listed disease
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical
This event pertains to	the whole country
Related reports	Immediate notification (30/03/2007) Follow-up report No. 1 (30/04/2007) Follow-up report No. 2 (24/05/2007) Follow-up report No. 3 (08/07/2007) Follow-up report No. 4 (17/12/2007) Follow-up report No. 5 (16/03/2008) Follow-up report No. 6 (24/04/2008) Follow-up report No. 7 (11/06/2008) Follow-up report No. 8 (20/11/2008) Follow-up report No. 9 (17/12/2008) Follow-up report No. 10 (06/01/2009) Follow-up report No. 11 (22/01/2009) Follow-up report No. 12 (29/01/2009) Follow-up report No. 13 (03/02/2009) Follow-up report No. 14 (10/02/2009) Follow-up report No. 15 (26/02/2009) Follow-up report No. 16 (12/03/2009) Follow-up report No. 17 (13/04/2009) Follow-up report No. 18 (17/06/2009) Follow-up report No. 19 (14/07/2009)

New outbreaks

Outbreak 1

Abu Siddique poultry farm, North Agrabad, Doublemooring, Chittagong, CHITTAGONG

Date of start of the outbreak

21/06/2009

Outbreak status

Resolved (12/07/2009)

Epidemiological unit

Farm

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	969	50	50	919	0

Affected population

A commercial farm

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	5.16%	5.16%	100.00%	100.00%

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

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied	Stamping out Movement control inside the country 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

Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Dhaka (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	14/07/2009	Positive

Laboratory name and type

District Veterinary Hospital, Chittagong (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	rapid tests	22/06/2009	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=8288

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