OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Mongolia

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Mongolia
submited by kickingbird at Aug, 11, 2009 10:14 AM from OIE

Information received on 10/08/2009 from Mr Doloojin Orgil, Director, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Department of Veterinary Services, ULAN BATOR, Mongolia

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	01/08/2009
Date of first confirmation of the event	06/08/2009
Report date	10/08/2009
Date submitted to OIE	10/08/2009
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	29/07/2009
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location and Affected population

ARKHANGAI (Doroo nuur, Tsetserleg soum)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Wild species		56	56

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Wild species	**	**	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	Quarantine Movement control inside the country Screening Zoning Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) No vaccination No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

State central veterinary laboratory (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Wild species	haemagglutination (HA) test	06/08/2009	Positive
Wild species	nested RT-PCR	06/08/2009	Positive
Wild species	real-time PCR	06/08/2009	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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