OIE: Influenza A H1N1 in pigs, Germany

OIE: Influenza A H1N1 in pigs, Germany
submited by kickingbird at Dec, 11, 2009 8:49 AM from OIE

Information received on 10/12/2009 from Prof. Dr. Werner Zwingmann, Ministerialdirigent, Head of dep. animal health and food hygiene, Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection(BMELV) , Bonn, Germany

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification (Final report)
Start date	21/11/2009
Date of first confirmation of the event	03/12/2009
Report date	10/12/2009
Date submitted to OIE	10/12/2009
Date event resolved	07/12/2009
Reason for notification	Emerging disease
Morbidity	1 scale05
Mortality	0 scale05
Zoonotic impact	No
Causal agent	Influenza virus A H1N1

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Location(s)

RHEINLAND-PFALZ (Rhineland-Palatinate)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Swine	425	2	2	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Swine	0.47%	0.47%	100.00%	0.47%

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

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	According to an EU-agreement animals in the establishment are isolated until 7 days after disappearance of clinical signs. After that they can be moved for trade or slaughter.

Control measures

Measures applied	Quarantine No vaccination No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Institute for Diagnosis of Animal Diseases, Koblenz (Regional Reference Laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Swine	real-time PCR	03/12/2009	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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