OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Romania

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Romania
submited by kickingbird at Nov, 30, 2016 9:26 AM from OIE

Information received on 29/11/2016 from Dr. Marius Grigore, Director, Head of Unit Animal Health Department General Sanitary Veterinary Directorate, National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority, Bucharest, Romania

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	23/11/2016
Date of confirmation of the event	24/11/2016
Report date	29/11/2016
Date submitted to OIE	29/11/2016
Reason for notification	New strain 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

CONSTANTA ( Constanta harbour, Constanta )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Mute Swan:Anatidae (Cygnus olor)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Mute Swan:Anatidae (Cygnus olor)	**	**	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

Contact with wild species

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Screening Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Control of wildlife reservoirs Zoning Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Institute for diagnostic and animal health ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Mute Swan	haemagglutination (HA) test	24/11/2016	Positive
Mute Swan	neuraminidase inhibition assay	24/11/2016	Positive
Mute Swan	real-time PCR	24/11/2016	Positive
Mute Swan	virus isolation	24/11/2016	Positive

Summary

New outbreaks

Epidemiology

Control measures

Diagnostic test results

Future Reporting