OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Mongolia

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Mongolia
submited by kickingbird at May, 11, 2010 7:1 AM from OIE

Information received on 10/05/2010 from Mr Doloojin Orgil, Director, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Department of Veterinary Services, ULAN BATOR, Mongolia

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	03/05/2010
Date of first confirmation of the event	08/05/2010
Report date	10/05/2010
Date submitted to OIE	10/05/2010
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	12/10/2009
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Location(s)

SUKHBAATAR (Ganga Lake, Dariganga soum)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Wild species		26	26	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Wild species	**	**	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

Control measures

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

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

State Central Veterinary Laboratory (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Wild species	haemagglutination (HA) test	08/05/2010	Positive
Wild species	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	08/05/2010	Positive
Wild species	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	08/05/2010	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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China: A human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) reported in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 8 days ago
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