OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Iraq

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Iraq
submited by kickingbird at Apr, 6, 2018 12:49 PM from OIE

Information received on 05/04/2018 from Dr Salah Fadhil Abbas, Director General, Veterinary Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture , Baghdad, Iraq

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 9
Date of start of the event	27/12/2017
Date of confirmation of the event	28/12/2017
Report date	05/04/2018
Date submitted to OIE	05/04/2018
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	12/10/2016
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N8
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country
Related reports	Immediate notification (07/01/2018) Follow-up report No. 1 (14/01/2018) Follow-up report No. 2 (29/01/2018) Follow-up report No. 3 (07/02/2018) Follow-up report No. 4 (12/02/2018) Follow-up report No. 5 (18/02/2018) Follow-up report No. 6 (25/02/2018) Follow-up report No. 7 (04/03/2018) Follow-up report No. 8 (11/03/2018) Follow-up report No. 9 (05/04/2018)

New outbreaks (2)

Outbreak 1 (10)

Alghlbia, Diala

Date of start of the outbreak

28/03/2018

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Farm

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	8500	8500	6000	2500	0

Outbreak 2 (10)

AlTaji, Baghdad

Date of start of the outbreak

02/04/2018

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Farm

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	5000	5000	4000	1000	0

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 2

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	13500	13500	10000	3500	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	100.00%	74.07%	74.07%	100.00%

*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Control measures

Measures applied

Measures to be applied

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

Latest news in those days:

[Go Top] [Close Window]