OIE: Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry), France

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 20
Date of start of the event	06/12/2015
Date of confirmation of the event	10/12/2015
Report date	19/03/2018
Date submitted to OIE	19/03/2018
Reason for notification	New strain of a listed disease
Manifestation of disease	Sub-clinical infection
Causal agent	Low pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N3
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country
Related reports	Immediate notification (15/12/2015) Follow-up report No. 1 (22/01/2016) Follow-up report No. 2 (01/04/2016) Follow-up report No. 3 (11/08/2016) Follow-up report No. 4 (11/08/2016) Follow-up report No. 5 (15/09/2016) Follow-up report No. 6 (10/10/2016) Follow-up report No. 7 (26/12/2016) Follow-up report No. 8 (03/02/2017) Follow-up report No. 9 (03/03/2017) Follow-up report No. 10 (14/04/2017) Follow-up report No. 11 (08/06/2017) Follow-up report No. 12 (26/09/2017) Follow-up report No. 13 (04/12/2017) Follow-up report No. 14 (11/12/2017) Follow-up report No. 15 (19/01/2018) Follow-up report No. 16 (05/02/2018) Follow-up report No. 17 (09/02/2018) Follow-up report No. 18 (21/02/2018) Follow-up report No. 19 (09/03/2018) Follow-up report No. 20 (19/03/2018)

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1 (58)

SEGALAS, SEGALAS, LOT-ET-GARONNE

Date of start of the outbreak

13/03/2018

Outbreak status

Resolved (14/03/2018)

Epidemiological unit

Farm

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	1000		0	0	1000

Affected population

Pr閘鑦ements effectu閟 dans le cadre de la surveillance programm閑 dans la zone de 1 km autour du foyer de Montauriol. Le laboratoire national de r閒閞ence a confirm? la pr閟ence du virus H5Nx faiblement pathog鑞e le 16/03/2018 Les 1000 canards en gavage avaient 閠? abattus le 14/03/2018.

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	1000	**	0	0	1000

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	**	0.00%	**	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
Epidemiological comments	Epidemiological investigation is on-going

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Screening Traceability Stamping out Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Zoning Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type	Species	Test	Test date	Result
ANSES national reference laboratory for avian influenza, Ploufragan (National laboratory)	Birds	nucleotide sequencing	16/03/2018	Positive
ANSES national reference laboratory for avian influenza, Ploufragan (National laboratory)	Birds	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	16/03/2018	Positive

Future Reporting

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