OIE: Equine influenza ,Croatia

Information received on 07/04/2015 from Dr Mirjana Matau?ic-Pi?l, Assistant to Minister Ministry of Agriculture, Veterinary Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture, Zagreb, Croatia

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	02/04/2015
Date of pre-confirmation of the event	02/04/2015
Report date	07/04/2015
Date submitted to OIE	07/04/2015
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	2001
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Equine influenza virus
Serotype	Not typed
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 5

Outbreak Location

BJELOVARSKO-BILOGORSKA ( Zrinski Topolovac, Zrinski Topolovac, Zrinski Topolovac Predavac, Predavac, Rovisce Cazma, Cazma, Cazma Domankus, Rovisce, Rovisce Bjelovar, Bjelovar, Bjelovar )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Equidae	24	11

Outbreak statistics

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

* 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	Equine influenza virus has been detected on 5 holdings. All susceptible animals showed clinical signs of disease. Virus was confirmed by RT-PCR method. All other control and eradication measures are carried out.

Control measures

Measures applied	No vaccination No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Future Reporting

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