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

OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with) (non-poultry including wild birds), South Africa
submited by kickingbird at Jul, 25, 2017 9:3 AM from OIE

Information received on 24/07/2017 from Dr Bothle Michael Modisane, Chief Director , Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Animal Production and Health, PRETORIA, South Africa

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	30/06/2017
Date of confirmation of the event	30/06/2017
Report date	24/07/2017
Date submitted to OIE	24/07/2017
Reason for notification	New strain of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N8
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 4

Outbreak Location

MPUMALANGA ( HPAI_H5N8_2017_006, Lekwa )
GAUTENG ( HPAI_H5N8_2017_005, City of Tshwane HPAI_H5N8_2017_007, City of Tshwane HPAI_H5N8_2017_008, Emfuleni )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Southern Masked-Weaver:Ploceidae (Ploceus velatus)		2	2	0	0
Yellow-billed Duck:Anatidae (Anas undulata)		1	1	0	0
Egyptian Goose:Anatidae (Alopochen aegyptiaca)		1	0	0	0
Birds	25	11	9	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Southern Masked-Weaver:Ploceidae (Ploceus velatus)	**	**	100.00%	**
Yellow-billed Duck:Anatidae (Anas undulata)	**	**	100.00%	**
Egyptian Goose:Anatidae (Alopochen aegyptiaca)	**	**	0.00%	**
Birds	44.00%	36.00%	81.82%	36.00%

* 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

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