OIE: Equine influenza, Chile

OIE: Equine influenza, Chile
submited by kickingbird at Jan, 13, 2012 20:2 PM from OIE

Information received on 12/01/2012 from Dr Oscar Videla Perez, Jefe Divisi髇 Protecci髇 Pecuaria, Servicio Agr韈ola y Ganadero (SAG), Ministerio de Agricultura, Santiago, Chile

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	21/12/2011
Date of first confirmation of the event	09/01/2012
Report date	12/01/2012
Date submitted to OIE	12/01/2012
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	01/08/2007
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Influenza A virus
Serotype	Pending
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)

METRO. DE SANTIAGO (Colina)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Equidae	5	2	0	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Equidae	40.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied	Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s) No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

SAG Laboratory Lo Aguirre (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Equidae	real-time PCR	09/01/2012	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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