OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Bulgaria

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Bulgaria
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Information received on 22/12/2016 from Dr Damyan Iliev, Chief Veterinary Officer & Deputy Executive Director, Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Sofia, Bulgaria

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	19/12/2016
Date of confirmation of the event	19/12/2016
Report date	22/12/2016
Date submitted to OIE	22/12/2016
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	01/07/2015
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 8

Outbreak Location

VIDIN ( Novo selo, Novo sleo, Vidin Vidin, Vidin, Vidin Vidin, Vidin, Vidin Vodnyantzi, Dimovo, Vidin )
VRACA ( Vratsa, Vratsa, Vratsa )
PLOVDIV ( Manole, Maritsa, Plovdiv )
JAMBOL ( Yambol, Elhovo, Yambol )
SOFIJA ( Doganovo, Elin Pelin, Sofia district )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	4417	83	73	4344	0
Grey Heron:Ardeidae (Ardea cinerea)	2	2	2	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	1.88%	1.65%	87.95%	**
Grey Heron:Ardeidae (Ardea cinerea)	100.00%	100.00%	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

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Screening Quarantine Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Official destruction of animal products Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone 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

National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza/Newcastle Disease ( Regional Reference Laboratory )

Tests and results

Species

Test

Test date