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

OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with) (non-poultry including wild birds), Netherlands
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Information received on 23/03/2018 from Dr Christianne Bruschke, Chief Veterinary Officer , Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Hague, Netherlands

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 4
Date of start of the event	09/12/2017
Date of confirmation of the event	13/12/2017
Report date	23/03/2018
Date submitted to OIE	23/03/2018
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	16/05/2017
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N6
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country
Related reports	Immediate notification (15/12/2017) Follow-up report No. 1 (22/12/2017) Follow-up report No. 2 (24/01/2018) Follow-up report No. 3 (27/02/2018) Follow-up report No. 4 (23/03/2018)

New outbreaks (2)

Outbreak 1 (HPAI WB H5N6 2018-03)

Stavenisse, Zeeland

Date of start of the outbreak

25/02/2018

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Village

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Eurasian buzzard (common buzzard):Buteo buteo(Accipitridae)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak 2 (HPAI WB H5N6 2018-04)

Westernieland, Groningen

Date of start of the outbreak

28/02/2018

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Village

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Peregrin falcon:Falco peregrinus(Falconidae)		1	1	0	0

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 2

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Eurasian buzzard (common buzzard):Buteo buteo(Accipitridae)		1	1	0	0
Peregrin falcon:Falco peregrinus(Falconidae)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Eurasian buzzard (common buzzard):Buteo buteo(Accipitridae)	**	**	100.00%	**
Peregrin falcon:Falco peregrinus(Falconidae)	**	**	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	This H5N6 subtype is a reassortment linked to H5N8 and not the Asian zoonotic H5N6

Control measures

Measures applied	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
Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad (National laboratory)	Eurasian buzzard (common buzzard)	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	16/03/2018	Positive
Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad (National laboratory)	Peregrin falcon	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	16/03/2018	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=26270

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