OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza ,India

Information received on 21/02/2014 from Mr Anup Kumar Thakur, Secretary, Government of India, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi, India

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	31/01/2014
Date of pre-confirmation of the event	06/02/2014
Report date	21/02/2014
Date submitted to OIE	21/02/2014
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	11/11/2013
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

ORISSA ( Joda, Bileipada, Keonjhar )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
House Crow:Corvidae (Corvus splendens)		2	2	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
House Crow:Corvidae (Corvus splendens)	**	**	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	Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Bhopal ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
House Crow	real-time PCR	06/02/2014	Positive
House Crow	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	06/02/2014	Positive
House Crow	virus isolation	06/02/2014	Positive

Future Reporting

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