OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza ,France (H5N2)

Information received on 02/12/2015 from Dr Loic Evain, Directeur Général adjoint, CVO, Direction générale de l´alimentation, Ministère de l´Agriculture, de l´Agroalimentaire et de la Forêt, Paris, France

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	27/11/2015
Date of confirmation of the event	30/11/2015
Report date	02/12/2015
Date submitted to OIE	02/12/2015
Reason for notification	New strain of a listed disease
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N2
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

DORDOGNE ( Domme, Domme )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	1338	1	1	1337	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	0.07%	0.07%	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	A 3 and 10 km zoning around the outbreak has been established.

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Screening Disinfection / Disinfestation Stamping out Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Zoning No vaccination No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	Traceability Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	nucleotide sequencing	30/11/2015	Positive
Birds	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	30/11/2015	Positive

Future Reporting

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