OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with) (non-poultry including wild birds), Finland

Information received on 13/04/2017 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	08/04/2017
Date of confirmation of the event	13/04/2017
Report date	13/04/2017
Date submitted to OIE	13/04/2017
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	01/03/2017
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic influenza A 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

LOUNAIS-SUOMI (Laitila)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
White-tailed Eagle:Accipitridae (Haliaeetus albicilla)		1	1

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
White-tailed Eagle:Accipitridae (Haliaeetus albicilla)	**	**	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	Screening 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
White-tailed Eagle	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	12/04/2017	Positive
White-tailed Eagle	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	12/04/2017	Positive
White-tailed Eagle	virus sequencing	13/04/2017	Positive

Future Reporting

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