OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal
submited by kickingbird at Dec, 3, 2011 9:45 AM from OIE

Information received on 02/12/2011 from Dr Ram Krishna Khatiwada, Programme Director , Directorate of Animal Health , Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kathmandu, Nepal

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	10/11/2011
Date of first confirmation of the event	14/11/2011
Report date	02/12/2011
Date submitted to OIE	02/12/2011
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	30/10/2010
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)

BAGMATI (Manahara Phat, Madhyapur Thimi Municipality - 16, Bhaktapur)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	396	88	88	308	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	22.22%	22.22%	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 activity was completed on 29 November 2011 and cleaning and disinfection of the infected premises were completed on 30 November 2011. Post-operative 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 Screening 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	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	14/11/2011	Positive
Birds	rapid tests	14/11/2011	Positive

Laboratory name and type

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

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	23/11/2011	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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