OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Cambodia

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

Information received on 05/02/2010 from Dr Sen Sovann, Deputy Secretary General , Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries , Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries , Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	27/01/2010
Date of first confirmation of the event	29/01/2010
Report date	05/02/2010
Date submitted to OIE	05/02/2010
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	27/12/2009
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Suspicion, Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Location(s)

TAKEO (Pralay Meas, Ro Minh, Koah Andaet)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds		31070	16442

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	**	**	52.92%	**

* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter
** Not calculated because of missing information

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	An investigation is ongoing on site since 2 February 2010. Further information will be provided later in the follow-up reports.

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Modified stamping out No vaccination No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

National Veterinary Research Institute (NaVRI) (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	inoculation test	29/01/2010	Positive

Laboratory name and type

Pasteur Institute in Cambodia (Regional Reference Laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	real-time PCR	01/02/2010	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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