OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza ,Korea (Rep. of)

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza ,Korea (Rep. of)
submited by kickingbird at Sep, 26, 2014 9:52 AM from OIE

Information received on 25/09/2014 from Dr TaeYung Kim, Director General, Livestock Policy Bureau, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, Sejong-Si, Korea (Rep. of)

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	24/09/2014
Date of pre-confirmation of the event	25/09/2014
Report date	25/09/2014
Date submitted to OIE	25/09/2014
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	04/09/2014
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N8
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

JEOLLANAM-DO ( Dopo-myeon, Yeongam-gun )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	21000	1200	1200	19800	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	5.71%	5.71%	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	The veterinary authority is still implementing epidemiological survey.

Control measures

Measures applied	Control of wildlife reservoirs Stamping out Quarantine Movement control inside the country Zoning 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

Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	real-time PCR	25/09/2014	Positive
Birds	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	25/09/2014	Positive
Birds	virus isolation	25/09/2014	Positive
Birds	virus sequencing	25/09/2014	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

Latest news in those days:

USDA: Actions to Protect Livestock Health From Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza 11 hours ago
USFDA: Updates on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) 1 days ago
Resources: Consensus sequences for U.S. H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b 2 days ago
USDA Publishes H5N1 Influenza A Virus Genetic Sequences on publicly available site 2 days ago
Avian Influenza A(H5N1) U.S. Situation Update and CDC Activities 4 days ago

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