OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Israel

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Israel
submited by kickingbird at Jan, 28, 2010 8:41 AM from OIE

Information received on 26/01/2010 from Dr Moshe Chaimovitz, Director , Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Developement, BEIT DAGAN, Israel

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	24/01/2010
Date of first confirmation of the event	26/01/2010
Report date	26/01/2010
Date submitted to OIE	26/01/2010
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	04/01/2008
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Suspicion, Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Location(s)

HAIFA (EN SHEMER, HADERA)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	43000	700	100	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	1.63%	0.23%	14.29%	0.23%

* 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	The epidemiological investigation is in process.

Control measures

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

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Northern Poultry Diseases Laboratory (Local laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	pathogen isolation by egg inoculation	26/01/2010	Positive
Birds	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	26/01/2010	Positive

Laboratory name and type

Kimron Veterinary Institute, Avian and Fish Diseases Laboratory (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	real-time PCR	26/01/2010	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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