OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Iraq

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Iraq
submited by kickingbird at Apr, 28, 2016 19:50 PM from OIE

Information received on 25/04/2016 from Dr Salah Fadhil Abbas, Director General, Veterinary Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture , Bagdad, Iraq

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	16/12/2015
Date of confirmation of the event	15/04/2016
Report date	25/04/2016
Date submitted to OIE	25/04/2016
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	18/01/2006
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 6

Outbreak Location

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	718599	77101	77101	641498	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	10.73%	10.73%	100.00%	100.00%

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

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Measures applied

Measures to be applied

Laboratory name and type

Duhuk Laboratory (Local laboratory)

Tests and results

Species

Test

Test date

Result

Birds

real-time PCR

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