OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Cote D´Ivoire

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Cote D´Ivoire
submited by kickingbird at Nov, 21, 2009 9:9 AM from OIE

Information received on 20/11/2009 from Dr Kanga Kouame, Directeur des Services Vétérinaires et de la Qualité, -, Ministère de la Production Animale et des Ressources Halieutiques, Abidjan, Cote D´Ivoire

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 1 (Final report)
Start date	06/10/2009
Date of first confirmation of the event	10/10/2009
Report date	20/11/2009
Date submitted to OIE	20/11/2009
Date event resolved	30/10/2009
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	01/2007
Manifestation of disease	Sub-clinical infection
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the 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

The reoccurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza serotype H5N1 is not confirmed and will be closed since the results obtained by the OIE Reference Laboratory in Padova were negative for avian influenza by RT-PCR, virus isolation in embryonated eggs, sequencing, intravenous pathogenicity index test and hemagglutination inhibition test. Further tests were carried out by the same laboratory for Newcastle disease and West Nile fever and they were negative.
Concerning the ravens that died in Abidjan, some people have revealed that they had spread a toxic product, mainly Gambaril; that could be the origin of the deaths reported. Toxicological tests gave negative results.

Control measures

Measures applied	Control of wildlife reservoirs Screening Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Dipping / Spraying No vaccination No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Laboratoire de référence de l´OIE pour la maladie de Newcastle et l´influenza aviaire à Padoue (OIE’s Reference Laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Wild species	gene sequencing	30/10/2009	Negative
Wild species	haemagglutination inhibition test (HIT)	30/10/2009	Negative
Wild species	intravenous pathogenicity index (IVPI) test	30/10/2009	Negative
Wild species	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	30/10/2009	Negative
Wild species	virus isolation	30/10/2009	Negative

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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