OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Bulgaria

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Bulgaria
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Information received on 17/08/2018 from Dr Damyan Iliev, Chief Veterinary Officer & Deputy Executive Director, Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Sofia, Bulgaria

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 5 (Final report)
Date of start of the event	02/03/2018
Date of confirmation of the event	02/03/2018
Report date	17/08/2018
Date submitted to OIE	17/08/2018
Date event resolved	17/08/2018
Reason for notification	First occurrence of a listed disease
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
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
Related reports	Immediate notification (08/03/2018) Follow-up report No. 1 (05/04/2018) Follow-up report No. 2 (10/06/2018) Follow-up report No. 3 (24/06/2018) Follow-up report No. 4 (17/07/2018) Follow-up report No. 5 (17/08/2018)

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1

Miladinovtsi, Dobrich, Dobric

Date of start of the outbreak

06/07/2018

Outbreak status

Resolved (17/08/2018)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	62	10	10	52	0

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	62	10	10	52	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	16.13%	16.13%	100.00%	100.00%

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

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	HPAI H5N8 confirmed in backyard. Total stamping out, disinfection were carried out and completed on 07.07.2018

Control measures

Measures applied

Movement control inside the country
Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone
Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone
Screening
Traceability
Quarantine
Official destruction of animal products
Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste
Stamping out
Control of wildlife reservoirs
Zoning
Disinfection
Ante and post-mortem inspections
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
National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease (National laboratory)	Birds	real-time PCR	06/07/2018	Positive

Future Reporting

The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.

See Also:

http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=27582

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