OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Finland

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Finland
submited by kickingbird at Nov, 26, 2016 11:2 AM from OIE

Information received on 25/11/2016 from Dr Taina Aaltonen, Chief Veterinary Officer and Deputy Director General, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Helsinki, Finland

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	12/11/2016
Date of confirmation of the event	25/11/2016
Report date	25/11/2016
Date submitted to OIE	25/11/2016
Reason for notification	First occurrence of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N8
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

AHVENANMAAN MAAKUNTA ( V?rd? )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Tufted Duck:Anatidae (Aythya fuligula)		2	2	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Tufted Duck:Anatidae (Aythya fuligula)	**	**	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	Movement control inside the country Screening Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Finnish Food Safety Authority, Evira ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Tufted Duck	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	25/11/2016	Positive
Tufted Duck	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	25/11/2016	Positive
Tufted Duck	virus sequencing	25/11/2016	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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