OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza,China (People´s Rep. of)-Follow-up report No. 2 (Final report)

Information received on 15/07/2009 from Dr Zhang Zhongqiu, Deputy Director General , China Animal Disease Control Centre, Veterinary Bureau, Beijing, China (People´s Rep. of)

Summary

Report type Follow-up report No. 2 (Final report)
Start date 01/02/2009
Date of first confirmation of the event 10/02/2009
Report date 15/07/2009
Date submitted to OIE 15/07/2009
Date event resolved 03/05/2009
Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence 12/2008
Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype H5N1
Nature of diagnosis Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to the whole country
Related reports
Outbreaks There are no new outbreaks in this report

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
  • Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied
  • Stamping out
  • Quarantine
  • Movement control inside the country
  • Zoning
  • Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s)
    Administrative division Species Total Vaccinated Details
    XINJIANG Birds 350000 Avian influenza, inactivated (Re-5)
    TIBET Birds 1328 Avian influenza, inactivated (Re-5)
  • Dipping / Spraying
  • No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied
  • No other measures

Future Reporting

The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.