OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal
submited by kickingbird at Dec, 6, 2010 21:34 PM from OIE

Information received on 05/12/2010 from Dr Ram Krishna Khatiwada, Programme Director , Directorate of Animal Health , Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kathmandu, Nepal

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification (Final report)
Start date	25/10/2010
Date of first confirmation of the event	27/10/2010
Report date	05/12/2010
Date submitted to OIE	05/12/2010
Date event resolved	30/10/2010
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	03/03/2010
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)

NARAYANI (Nawaganga Poultry Farm (Anand Poultry Farm), Mangalpur-3, Chitwan)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	11503	66	66	11437	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	0.57%	0.57%	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	Stamping out and cleaning and disinfection of the infected farm and premises were completed on 30 October 2010. Post-surveillance activities are ongoing and no further cases in other areas have been detected so far.

Control measures

Measures applied	Stamping out 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	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Central Veterinary Laboratory (CVL) (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	rapid tests	27/10/2010	Positive
Birds	real-time PCR	28/10/2010	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 reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	19/11/2010	Positive

Future Reporting

The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.

See Also:

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