OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal
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Information received on 12/08/2009 from Dr Prabhakar Pathak, Director General, Department of Livestock Services , Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Lalitpur, Nepal

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 4 (Final report)
Start date	08/01/2009
Date of first confirmation of the event	16/01/2009
Report date	12/08/2009
Date submitted to OIE	12/08/2009
Date event resolved	25/02/2009
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	12/1996
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country
Outbreaks	There are no new outbreaks in this report

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Epidemiological comments

Final disinfection after culling and destruction of birds and infected materials was completed on 28 January 2009 in the first outbreak located in Nagaar Nagarpalika and on 25 February 2009 in the second outbreak located in Sharamatinamati. In both cases, postoperative surveillance activities were carried out for 3 months starting from the end of final disinfection.
Even after the three-month period of intensive surveillance activities (see follow-up report No. 3), there is no evidence of HPAI (H5N1) being present in the country. Therefore, Nepal declares itself free from HPAI (H5N1) with effect from 8 July 2009 in accordance with Article 10.4.4. of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code (Ed.2008).

Control measures

Measures applied	Stamping out Quarantine Movement control inside the country Screening Zoning Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Dipping / Spraying Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Future Reporting

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

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