OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal
submited by kickingbird at Feb, 6, 2010 17:25 PM from OIE

Information received on 05/02/2010 from Dr Prabhakar Pathak, Director General, Department of Livestock Services , Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Lalitpur, Nepal

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	26/01/2010
Date of first confirmation of the event	31/01/2010
Report date	05/02/2010
Date submitted to OIE	05/02/2010
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	20/02/2009
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Location(s)

GANDAKI (Pokhara submetropolitan city, ward No. 7, Gharipatan, Kaski)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds		153	153

Outbreak statistics

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

* 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	Stamping out operation is in progress.

Control measures

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

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Kathmandu, Nepal (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	31/01/2010	Positive

Laboratory name and type

Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA), Weybridge, United Kingdom (OIE’s Reference Laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	real-time PCR	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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