OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Myanmar

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Myanmar
submited by kickingbird at Feb, 6, 2010 17:24 PM from OIE

Information received on 05/02/2010 from Prof. Dr Myint Thein , Director General, Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department , Ministry of Livestock & Fisheries , YANGOON , Myanmar

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	02/02/2010
Date of first confirmation of the event	03/02/2010
Report date	05/02/2010
Date submitted to OIE	05/02/2010
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	18/01/2008
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Suspicion, Clinical, Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Location(s)

YANGON (Ward No. 5, Mayangone, Yangon (west))

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	2455	100	100	2355	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	4.07%	4.07%	100.00%	100.00%

* 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 farmer purchased the pullet chickens. The production system is battery cages. There are two buildings and each building has chickens. 100 out of 2,455 chickens died from 1 February 2010.

Control measures

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

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Yangon (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	03/02/2010	Positive
Birds	rapid tests	03/02/2010	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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